This Post Show Howto Recursively Searching and Locating for a String Inside All Files in Directories and Sub-Directories.
The Process is Performed in Terminal and Make Use of the Linux Shell Command Utility: grep.
The Content give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands to make it Easier to Follow.
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Open a Terminal Window
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Recursively Searching and Locating Files Containing the String
grep -r "myString"
Example: grep -r “icon.png” /.