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unix search file content including subfolders using grep:

grep -r "my search term" *

Additionally, you can include/exclude the files that are searched:

grep -r --include=*.py "my search term" *

…this example excludes any file where the filename contains carpal:

grep -r --exclude=*carpal* vim *

The following returns all the lines that contain a string matching the expression foo in the file file:

grep foo file

To invert the search (this example will list all files which do not have a .pyc extension):

grep -v .pyc

To list only the file names:

grep -r -l "apple" .