fstring

fstring

#! /bin/bash

# description: search a directory for a string, output filenames and context

# usage: fstring /tmp/whatever mysearch

# example: fstring ./ hello (search current directory for string "hello"

# better example: 
# sfitchet@crunchbang:/tmp/myapp$ fstring ./ array_slice
# ./docs/code-reviews/rick.txt:5. /public_html/widgets/twitter/index.php //
#    line 16, for perf, cache array_slice($tweets, 0, 5) in a var, PHP is //
#    dumb and will actually run # that code EVERY time the loop runs
# ./public_html/widgets/twitter/cache.php:  $tweets = array_slice($tweets, 0, 5);

# installation: sudo cp fstring /usr/local/bin

find $1 -type f -exec grep $2 \{\} /dev/null \;

I think I should make the directory parameter optional ... since you'd normally already be in the location you're about to search, right?