[grep] Find and Delete files based on string

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commands/[grep] Find and Delete files based on string.md
Mar 16, 2017
Commands 
grep -lZrw xxx-hacker /home/theitali/ | xargs -0 rm -f --

where xxx-hacker is your string and /home/theitali/ is your location.

  • l lists the file name
  • Z is required for the xargs -0 part
  • r is for recursive, try -R if small r doesnt work.
  • w is for searching the whole word