How can I grep through multiple files and print any file names that have the string present?

Question

I want to know which files in a folder contain a certain string. There are many answers on here showing how to grep through many files. However, is there a way to print out the file names that have the string present?

I want to use something like:

grep -E '275322' *.txt

Can I use echo to print the file currently being looked at if the string is present?

Any help is appreciated.

Maybe https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15432156/display-filename-before-matching-line will help? — Wiktor Stribiżew, Jun 04 '19 at 12:36
Note that `-H` is implied by default when there are multiple files (which will depend on your glob's expansion) — Aaron, Jun 04 '19 at 12:40

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 04 '19 at 13:00

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If I understand the question correctly, you only want the filenames?

grep -l '275322' *

Check the manpage -

  -l, --files-with-matches  print only names of FILEs containing matches

answered Jun 04 '19 at 13:00

Paul Hodges

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How can I grep through multiple files and print any file names that have the string present?

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