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This won't work if there are a lot of files in the directory, it will throw the error "zsh: argument list too long: grep". Any ideas on how to get rid of this?

user16142
– user16142

2012-03-02 06:17:03 +00:00
Commented Mar 2, 2012 at 6:17
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@user16142 grep the directory instead of the files: grep -lr "string" directory | wc -l If you don't want recursive search, you can use find with maxdepth option: find directory -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec grep -l "string" {} + | wc -l Note that this second option is slower than grep.

Agargara
– Agargara

2017-10-17 00:09:56 +00:00
Commented Oct 17, 2017 at 0:09
I have to use grep -l "string" * |& wc -l

bebbo
– bebbo

2022-02-27 14:31:27 +00:00
Commented Feb 27, 2022 at 14:31

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