====== BASH - Files - Search files for specific text ====== ===== Simple Search ===== Print all lines containing the keyword test: grep test file.txt ---- ===== Search with many keywords ===== Create a file that has all the keywords, one per line and run: grep -f keywords.txt file.txt ---- ===== Search using read ===== Process a file line by line, exit if the line is found: while read line; do echo $line | grep test && break; done < file.txt ---- ===== Read and Testing return status ===== while read line; do let c++; echo $line | grep test >/dev/null; if [[ $? == 0 ]] ; then echo Match for line $c : $line; else echo No match for line $c; fi done < file.txt