Grep a list of specific files

Questions

I need to grep for a string but only within certain files within a directory- eg:

grep -rl mystring "file1.txt file2.txt file3.blah"

what is the correct syntax? I am working in a Linux OS.

Answers

Drop the quotes around the file names so that they are treated as separate parameters. Also, I don t think you need the -r since you are just specifying files and not folders.

grep  mystring file1.txt file2.txt file3.blah

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