How to show grep result with complete path or file name

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I need to know the complete file path when I grep   I use commands like   cat   log   grep somethingtosearch   Now what I need to show the result with complete file path from where the matched result were taken out   Help anyone

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The easiest way to print full paths is replace relative start path with absolute path   grep -r --include    sh   pattern    PWD

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If you want to see the full paths  I would recommend to cd to the top directory  of your drive if using windows     cd C   grep -r somethingtosearch C  Users Ozzesh temp   Or on Linux   cd   grep -r somethingtosearch   temp   if you really resist on your file name filtering    log  AND you want recursive  files are not all in the same directory   combining find and grep is the most flexible way   cd   find   temp -iname    log  -type f -exec grep somethingtosearch

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I fall here when I was looking exactly for the same problem and maybe it can help other   I think the real solution is   cat   log   grep -H somethingtosearch

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For me   grep -b  searchsomething    log   worked as I wanted

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Use   grep somethingtosearch   log   and the filenames will be printed out along with the matches

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Assuming you have two log-files in    C  temp my log  C  temp alsoMy log   cd to C  and use   grep -r somethingtosearch temp   log   It will give you a list like   temp my log somethingtosearch temp alsoMy log somethingtosearch1 temp alsoMy log somethingtosearch2

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Command   grep -rl --include    js   searchString    PWD    Returned output    root test bas js

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It is similar to BVB Media s answer   grep -rnw  blablabla   pwd    It works fine on my ubuntu bash

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