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I have a bunch of folders and subfolders. Each one contains, amongst other things, a text file called index.yml with useful data. I want to search through all of the different index.yml files to find instances of a search string. I must be able to see a few lines of context and the directory of the index.yml file that was found.
This almost works, but it doesn't give me the filename:
cat `find . -name 'index.yml'`| grep -i -C4 mySearchString
How can I do this and get the filename?
I am stuck on Windows with using msys. Note I don't seem to have full GNU grep, so I can't run grep --exclude or grep -R as suggested in other SO questions.
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You can use grep tool to search recursively the current folder, like: grep -r "class foo" . Alternatively, use ripgrep .
Using Find You can also use the find command followed by the target directory and the file you wish to locate. The command will start in the root directory and recursively search all the subdirectories and locate any file with the specified name.
You can use grep command or find command as follows to search all files for a string or words recursively.
An easy way to do this is to use find | egrep string . If there are too many hits, then use the -type d flag for find. Run the command at the start of the directory tree you want to search, or you will have to supply the directory as an argument to find as well. Another way to do this is to use ls -laR | egrep ^d .
try this:
find -name "index.yml" -exec grep -i -H -C4 pattern {} \;
note: not actually tested under msys.
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