Linux (commonly pronounced LIH-N?ks in English; variants exist) is a Unix-like computer operating system. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development: typically all underlying source code can be freely modified, used, and redistributed by anyone.

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Searching for text in files with Linux

Searching for text inside many files is really easy when you are using linux.

To search for text inside a given file use:

To search for a string in multiple files in linux use the following command:

You can also substite the wildcard with just *.extension or file.*

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