grep output to show only matching file

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paultop6 picture paultop6 · Oct 11, 2010 · Viewed 109.9k times · Source

What is the option for grep that will allow me only to print the matching file and not the line within a file that matches the criteria?

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a'r picture a'r · Oct 11, 2010 
grep -l

(That's a lowercase L)

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