# Searching a directory for words in a file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/searching-a-directory-for-words-in-a-file/58672>\
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**Created:** [July 24, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/searching-a-directory-for-words-in-a-file/58672 "2004-07-24T21:27:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![rysolag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@rysolag](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rysolag)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/searching-a-directory-for-words-in-a-file/58672/1 "2004-07-24T21:27:41Z")

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i have a folder with subfolders and files. id like to search all files in this folder(which may be in subfolders) for a specific phrase. what’s the easiest way to do this?

thanks