Using grep to Find Files on Linux (Case Insensitive Search)

I learnt a few new Linux search commands today.

First cd to the directory you want to look through and then...

• If you want to output the context of the matched line inside a file in a directory use:

grep --before-context=3 --after-context=3 -i "search text" *

• If you want to output a list of matched files in a directory use:

grep -l -i "search text" *

• -i makes the search case insensitive
• -l lists all matched files
• --before-context=num gives the context lines before the matched element
• --after-context=num gives the context lines after the matched element