Having trouble finding a word in multiple files

[Tony Arnold]

Hi Pat,
On Sun, 2020-06-14 at 05:17 -0400, Pat Brown wrote:

> Unfortunately, none of those suggestions worked. Perhaps it's because
> the files I'm searching are either .doc, .docx  or .odt files. The
> Dropbox folder is at the root of my home directory and it is an
> actual
> folder that contains multiple folders under it.

Perhaps this article will help:
  
https://superuser.com/questions/330242/how-to-recursively-find-a-doc-file-that-contains-a-specific-word

Regards,
Tony.
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