How to find this string in multiple files with grep?

Question

I'm trying to use grep to find the string "init()" in all the files that end in .js in a directory.

I tried this

grep "init()" *.js

but it didn't work. Why not? What's the correct way to do this?

Supr · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-26 22:57:27Z

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Try escaping the parentheses: grep "init\(\)" *.js

It is actually a regular expression, where ( and ) are special characters.

answered Jan 26, 2012 at 22:57

Supr

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