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title: Linux Search text in this and all sub directories
author: Max Gialanella
tags:
    - linux
    - bash
categories: []
date: 2023-01-11 21:43:00
---

Search text files in current directory and all sub directories. Its super fast so don't worry if you have a node_modules directory or something.

Use this command:  
`grep -rnw '.' -e 'search text'`