How to recursively find a .doc file that contains a specific word?
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I'm using bash under Ubuntu. Currently this works well for the current directory: But I have lots of subdirectories with .doc files. How can I search for, let's say, "specificword" recursively?
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catdoc *.doc | grep "specificword"
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Use for recursive searches: This will also output the file name: (Normally I would use , but there's maybe a .0001% chance that it would be necessary, so I stopped caring.)
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