Identify all files or folder which contains a specific keyword

Question

Using a script need to identify all files or folder which contains a specific keyword under given path. The path will have multiple folders. Below is the script that is used.

   #!/bin/sh
   DIR=''
   for FILE in ls "$DIR"*
   do
           # echo $FILE
               grep -l $FILE "*FY*"
    done
~

#!/bin/sh DIR='' for FILE in ls "$DIR"* do # echo $FILE grep -l $FILE "*FY*" done ~ — lakshmi sowmya, Jun 26 '19 at 10:20
The above one is the script i am using but is not working. Need help in that. — lakshmi sowmya, Jun 26 '19 at 10:20
@lakshmisowmya I think your teacher either wants you to use a recursive function or use `find`, depending on what you’ve learned so far. — Biffen, Jun 26 '19 at 10:27
@lakshmisowmya Did You Know™ that you can [edit] the question to include your code, rather than post it in a comment where it’s hard to read? — Biffen, Jun 26 '19 at 10:28
@Biffen: Can you explain what is the difference between grep and find command? — lakshmi sowmya, Jun 26 '19 at 10:30
@lakshmisowmya I’d rather not. It’s basic stuff and you should be able to look it up on your own. — Biffen, Jun 26 '19 at 10:46
@ChristinaJacob: the command is searching for all letters in pattern. I need only exact word searching. — lakshmi sowmya, Jun 28 '19 at 08:25
@lakshmisowmya do some research there is options for that in the manual I linked in the answer. — Christina Jacob, Jun 28 '19 at 08:39

Christina Jacob · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-26T10:41:07.573

You have to give the "keyword" before the path to be searched. which it not the case in your script.

  grep -l -r "keyword" path/to/folder

Try the above script.

-l, --files-with-matches
          Suppress normal output; instead print the  name  of  each  input
          file  from  which  output would normally have been printed.  The
          scanning will stop on the first  match.   (-l  is  specified  by
          POSIX.)

-R, -r, --recursive
          Read all  files  under  each  directory,  recursively;  this  is
          equivalent to the -d recurse option.

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Identify all files or folder which contains a specific keyword

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