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How can I find all files in a folder with a certain text string and an extension?

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Mar 15, 20265879 views

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I am using OS X. I need to find files in a directory with the extension and the string somewhere in the file's contents. I tried using . This however only seemed to find files in the CWD and not in sub directories. I also tried messing with . I wasn't able to figure this out. What am I doing wrong?

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grep -R 41 *.php

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