How to grep a word inside xml files in a folder

Question

I know I can use grep to find a word in all the files present in a folder like this ``` grep -rn core . ``` But my current directory has many sub-directories and I just want to search in all xml files present in the current directory and its all sub directories. How can I do that ? I tried this ``` grep -rn core *.xml // Does not work ``` But it searches for xml files present in the current directory only. It does not do it recursively.

Accepted Answer

Try the `--include` option

```
grep -R --include="*.xml" "pattern" /path/to/dir
```

Reference: Grep Include Only *.txt File Pattern When Running Recursive Mode

How to grep a word inside xml files in a folder

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