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This is a useful tool that extends grep. | This is a useful tool that extends grep. | ||
* Expression input is at the front, allowing quick & easy editing | * Expression input is at the front, allowing quick & easy editing | ||
− | * | + | * Search directory defaults to <code>.</code>, but can be easily modified |
* Files checked defaults to '<code>*.c</code>' and '<code>*.h</code>', but can be easily changed | * Files checked defaults to '<code>*.c</code>' and '<code>*.h</code>', but can be easily changed | ||
− | * Multiple filenames / masks may be specified | + | * Recursively locates all files matching given names (e.g: <code>*.c</code>) |
+ | * Multiple filenames / masks / patterns may be specified | ||
* Uses <code>grep</code>'s extended regex mode | * Uses <code>grep</code>'s extended regex mode | ||
* Output shows file and line number, and is highlighted | * Output shows file and line number, and is highlighted |
Revision as of 15:26, 15 October 2012
This is a useful tool that extends grep.
- Expression input is at the front, allowing quick & easy editing
- Search directory defaults to
.
, but can be easily modified - Files checked defaults to '
*.c
' and '*.h
', but can be easily changed - Recursively locates all files matching given names (e.g:
*.c
) - Multiple filenames / masks / patterns may be specified
- Uses
grep
's extended regex mode - Output shows file and line number, and is highlighted
- If the output flows over the screen,
less
allows you to review the results - If the output doesnt flow over the screen,
less
quits immediately - Automatically detects if the output is to a terminal or pipe, utilizing
less
and highlighting for the former
#!/bin/bash if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then echo "usage:" echo " $0 <expression> [directory] [filename..]" exit 1 fi EXPRESSION="$1"; shift if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then DIRECTORY="." else DIRECTORY="$1"; shift fi if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then FILES="-name '*.c' -or -name '*.h'" else FILES="-name '$1'"; shift while [ $# -ne 0 ]; do FILES="${FILES} -or -name '$1'"; shift done fi CMD="find \"${DIRECTORY}\" ${FILES}" if [ -t 1 ]; then PIPE=/tmp/$$.mgrep #trap "exec 1>&-; sleep 0.1; rm -f ${PIPE}" EXIT mknod ${PIPE} p less -FKnRX < ${PIPE} & exec 3>&1 exec 1>${PIPE} GREP_OPTIONS="--color=always ${GREP_OPTIONS}" else PIPE="" fi eval ${CMD} | \ while read -r f; do grep -niH -E ${GREP_OPTIONS} "${EXPRESSION}" "${f}" done if [ "${PIPE}" != "" ]; then exec 1>&3 exec 3>&- wait rm -f ${PIPE} fi