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Q&A grep AND search for multiple words in files

I have text (xml actually) files. Some files contain 'foo', some contain 'bar', some contain neither and some contain both. It's the both I'm interested in. How do I do an AND search on words in...

5 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by mcalex‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by tripleee‭

Question grep file-handling
#2: Post edited by user avatar rene‭ · 2023-06-11T19:35:10Z (over 1 year ago)
removed opening line, changed example to code fence layout with language indicator
grep AND search for multiple words in files
  • Hi all,
  • I have text (xml actually) files. Some files contain 'foo', some contain 'bar', some contain neither and some contain both. It's the both I'm interested in.
  • How do I do an AND search on words in files in folders (recursively) with grep? I'm using git bash in windows, so either a cygwin or win10 solution works.
  • I had thought `pipe`ing to grep would work as it seems to be the solution for multiple text on a line, but I don't think I've changed it to work for files correctly.
  • This is what I tried:
  • `$ grep -rnw . -e 'foo' | grep -e 'bar'`
  • Can someone tell me how to fix my grep call?
  • I have text (xml actually) files. Some files contain 'foo', some contain 'bar', some contain neither and some contain both. It's the both I'm interested in.
  • How do I do an AND search on words in files in folders (recursively) with grep? I'm using git bash in windows, so either a cygwin or win10 solution works.
  • I had thought `pipe`ing to grep would work as it seems to be the solution for multiple text on a line, but I don't think I've changed it to work for files correctly.
  • This is what I tried:
  • ```bash
  • $ grep -rnw . -e 'foo' | grep -e 'bar'
  • ```
  • Can someone tell me how to fix my grep call?
#1: Initial revision by user avatar mcalex‭ · 2023-06-09T10:14:26Z (over 1 year ago)
grep AND search for multiple words in files
Hi all,

I have text (xml actually) files.  Some files contain 'foo', some contain 'bar', some contain neither and some contain both.  It's the both I'm interested in.

How do I do an AND search on words in files in folders (recursively) with grep?  I'm using git bash in windows, so either a cygwin or win10 solution works.

I had thought `pipe`ing to grep would work as it seems to be the solution for multiple text on a line, but I don't think I've changed it to work for files correctly.

This is what I tried:  
`$ grep -rnw . -e 'foo' | grep -e 'bar'`

Can someone tell me how to fix my grep call?