How can I format the output of “grep”?

Question

I have this grep command:

grep -e PIPPO -e PLUTO -e TOPOLINO *.csv >> result.txt

I want the output to have this format:

path of file, row of file, text found

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You need to do:

grep -Hn -e PIPPO -e PLUTO -e TOPOLINO *.csv >> result.txt

You can run the grep in a different directory if you want the full path:

cd /
grep -Hn -e PIPPO -e PLUTO -e TOPOLINO /your/path/*.csv >> result.txt

If you want to only show the matching parts add the -o parameter to grep:

grep -Hno -e PIPPO -e PLUTO -e TOPOLINO *.csv >> result.txt