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  1. basu021 created this gist Nov 9, 2023.
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    #!/bin/bash

    # Define the directory to start the search
    SEARCH_DIR="."

    # Define default file extensions and search options
    FILE_EXTENSIONS=("txt")
    SEARCH_OPTIONS="-r" # Default: recursively search in subdirectories

    # Parse command line arguments
    while getopts "d:e:o:" opt; do
    case $opt in
    d)
    SEARCH_DIR="$OPTARG"
    ;;
    e)
    IFS=',' read -ra FILE_EXTENSIONS <<< "$OPTARG"
    ;;
    o)
    SEARCH_OPTIONS="$OPTARG"
    ;;
    \?)
    echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
    exit 1
    ;;
    esac
    done

    # Shift to process non-option arguments (search texts)
    shift $((OPTIND-1))
    SEARCH_TEXTS=("$@")

    # Use find and grep to search for text in files with specified extensions
    for ext in "${FILE_EXTENSIONS[@]}"; do
    find "$SEARCH_DIR" $SEARCH_OPTIONS -type f -name "*.$ext" | while read -r file; do
    # Use grep to check if any of the search texts are present in the file
    for search_text in "${SEARCH_TEXTS[@]}"; do
    if grep -q "$search_text" "$file"; then
    echo "Text '$search_text' found in file: $file"
    fi
    done
    done
    done