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| # Function lookfor | |
| # searches current directory for given text. | |
| # Highlights result on each line where it appears. | |
| # Usage: lookfor someword | |
| function lookfor() { | |
| grep --color -nriwI "$@" . | |
| } |
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Add this to your .bash_profile file, then the line
export -f lookfor