Tip of the Day: find string in a file via commandline

Sometimes we want to know if certain words or strings are in a file.

Fear not, here’s a simple way to do it:

root@localhost ~]# fgrep <keyword> <filename>

Let’s say I’m searching for the string ‘copy’ inside a shell script called check:

root@localhost ~]# fgrep copy check

I’ll get the entire line:

“Copy not finished”;

Tags: Commands

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