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find . -type f -name &quot;P*&quot; | xargs grep -c foo<br />
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or<br />
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grep -rc P*
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find . -type f -name "P*" | xargs grep -c foo

or

grep -rc P*

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find basedir1 basedir2 -type f -name P* -print0 | xargs -0 wc -l<br />
(this one starts one wc command for many arguments, a bit more efficient than re-executing for each file)
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find basedir1 basedir2 -type f -name P* -print0 | xargs -0 wc -l
(this one starts one wc command for many arguments, a bit more efficient than re-executing for each file)

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I use below to list all P* files that contain &quot;foo&quot;<br />
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find . -type f -name &quot;P*&quot; -exec grep -l foo {} \;<br />
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How should I change this command to also display line count next to each file name?
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I use below to list all P* files that contain "foo"

find . -type f -name "P*" -exec grep -l foo {} \;

How should I change this command to also display line count next to each file name?

Find files that contain a string, and display line counts

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