[linux] How to show grep result with complete path or file name

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?

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 '{}' \;

It is similar to BVB Media's answer.

grep -rnw 'blablabla' `pwd`

It works fine on my ubuntu bash.

For me

grep -b "searchsomething" *.log

worked as I wanted

The easiest way to print full paths is replace relative start path with absolute path:

grep -r --include="*.sh" "pattern" ${PWD}

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

Use:

grep somethingtosearch *.log

and the filenames will be printed out along with the matches.

Command:

grep -rl --include="*.js" "searchString" ${PWD}

Returned output:

/root/test/bas.js