Search File Contents in Unix: grep & find

You can search for file contents in Unix systems using the following command:

1. The grep command is a powerful searching tool in Unix used to search for specific content within files. For example, to search for lines containing the keyword “hello” in the file file.txt, you can use the following command:

grep hello file.txt

1. The find command is used to search for files in a specific directory. It can be combined with the grep command to search for file content. For example, to search for files containing the keyword “hello” in the current directory and its subdirectories, you can use the following command:

find . -type f -exec grep "hello" {} +

1. With the command cat, you can view the contents of a file. For example, to view the contents of a file named file.txt, you can use the following command:

cat file.txt

These are some common methods for finding file contents in Unix systems, you can choose the method that suits your needs.