Find files containing text using grep command starts with file name charector

You can use this,

find . -name 'E*' -exec grep -Hl "sample" {} \;

Explanation:

-H : Print the file name for each match.

-l : Suppress normal output

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You can combine find and grep:

find . -name "E*" | xargs grep -nH "my text"

You can also use finds exec parameter instead of xargs. Take a look at its man mange for this: man find

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If you want a max-depth for 1 layer, then i think most efficient way would be...

grep <pattern> E*

for multiple levels you can use like this

grep <pattern> */*/E*

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