Having trouble finding a word in multiple files

[rikona]

On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 03:53:41 -0400
Pat Brown <pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've tried a variety of grep commands but I can't find the specific
> word I'm searching for that is in a file or files somewhere in my
> Dropbox folder. The word I'm trying to find is Blowback. Can someone
> please help me with the correct command?

Another possibility is to use Recoll, an excellent index/search tool.
Install it, let it index, then find the word. It also shows several
lines in the file to give context. It also knows how to decode many
file types automatically - not a problem with most coded files. I have
hundreds of thousands of many different types of files indexed, and get
a result in several seconds. And, you can do quite sophisticated
multi-word searches too - it's a mini-google for your box.  :-) 

Rik