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grep -irl "some text that the file would have"(Obiously only work for text files, but that's enough to cover 90% of cases for me)
Now we need a /c/grep_irl
That's a solid windows shame.
Fun fact: I use "git bash shell" over windows' cmd just because of grep
You can also use WSL to get a full Linux there. If WSL1 is still available, it would be better for this use case.
I don't know what those flags mean, but from context I think this is a command I've needed a bunch of times but haven't had the time or energy to learn about yet. So thanks! I can't wait to try it!
- case
insensitive rrecursive- only show fi
lenames
I also like to use:
I(capital i) to skip binary files, if I'm in a folder with heavy images/videos/etcc 3to show 3 lines around the matched text
- case
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