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Finding files with specific text recursively using grep - unix
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find-text-recursively.sh
#!/bin/bash
# without regex pattern
grep --recursive --include=\*.java -nHIi "utf-8" /my/dir
grep --recursive --include=\*.{java,xml} -nHIi "utf-8" /my/dir
# with regex pattern
grep --recursive --include=\*.{xml,java,jspx} -nHIiE "(utf-8|iso8859-1|windows-1252)" /my/dir
##
## keep the a comma (,) when searching through a single file extension. ie: {,xml}
grep --recursive --include=\*.{,java} -nHIi "utf-8" /my/dir
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