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Search a Directory for Files with a Pattern

The following is a powerful UNIX command that searches for files or folder names containing a particular pattern:1

$>grep -l "main(String" `find . -name *.java -print`

This particular code will display all .java files in the present directory containg the text “main(String”.

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