How do I print only files that contain the string only in my current directory in Bash shell?

Question

I used that ls -bl *.c | grep -r "string" ls -bl *.c | grep -r "string" . However, the files in the sub directory are printed as well. How do I print only files that contain the string only in my current directory in Bash shell?

Answer 1

If you want to search for a "string" in all.c files in current directory just pass the files to grep:

grep string *.c

grep -r ignores standard input and scans current directory recursively. echo ignored | grep -r "string" echo ignored | grep -r "string" will work the same way as grep -r "string" .