Removing the files containing a match word/string

If you have a number of files and want to remove only those files with a matching line

Option 1: Using echo to check

for file in $(grep -l error *); do echo rm -i $file; done

Option 2: Prompt each time

for file in $(grep -l error *); do echo rm -i $file; done


Note: here | grep -l | gives the files with matching string.