Show Nginx Include Lines

You need to see which files the main Nginx config is expected to include.

Command

grep -RInE '^[[:space:]]*include[[:space:]]' fixtures/nginx/nginx.conf fixtures/nginx/conf.d fixtures/nginx/sites-enabled

Before you run this

System impact: Read-only. Can create load on large logs, directories, filesystems, or process tables.

When not to use it: Do not assume every include glob matches files; inspect the target path when output looks suspicious.

Include directives with config paths and line numbers.

Read-only, can be slow. Nothing changes. The command searches for include directives.

Scope this to the smallest useful path or service on busy systems.

Recovery / rollback: no state is changed.

Use when an edited config file appears to be ignored.

Do not assume every include glob matches files; inspect the target path when output looks suspicious.

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demo@lab:~$

$ cat sample-files/nginx/nginx.conf

events {}
http {
  include conf.d/*.conf;
  include sites-enabled/*;
}

$ grep -RInE '^[[:space:]]*include[[:space:]]' sample-files/nginx/nginx.conf sample-files/nginx/conf.d sample-files/nginx/sites-enabled

sample-files/nginx/nginx.conf:3:  include conf.d/*.conf;
sample-files/nginx/nginx.conf:4:  include sites-enabled/*;

$ find sample-files/nginx -maxdepth 3 -type f | sort

sample-files/nginx/conf.d/admin.conf
sample-files/nginx/nginx.conf
sample-files/nginx/sites-enabled/example.conf

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