Recursively search for an exact string (disables regular expressions) in the current working directory

rgrep

  • Recursively find patterns in files using regular expressions.
    Equivalent to `grep -r`.
    More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html>.
  • Trick copyright: tl;dr; <https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr>

rgrep --fixed-strings "{{exact_string}}"

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