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Search for a string pattern (word, text, number) in files

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How to search for a certain word, text, or number (text pattern) in all files.

Search in the whole filesystem:

grep -r "TEXTPATTERN" /

Search in a certain folder (home folder):

grep -r "TEXTPATTERN" /home
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