Search all files matching a pattern for a particular string

searchall.bash

#!/bin/bash
# For the times when grep -r just doesn't cut it: Search all files matching a pattern for a particular string
# Example command (best when put in a folder that's on your path somewhere):
# searchall.bash -f *.php -s 'hoops'

# What arguments do we pass?
while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
	case $1 in
		-f | --file ) shift
			file=$1
			;;
		-s | --search ) shift
			search=$1
			;;
		-l | --less ) 
			LESS=1
			;;
	esac
	shift
done

find . -name "$file" -exec grep "$search" '{}' \; -print

# To search and replace across documents, do something like
# find . -name "index.html" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i '' -e 's#http://assets.nydailynews#img src="//www.nydailynews#g'
find . -name "index.html" -exec sed -i '{}' -e 's#http://assets.nydailynews#img src="//www.nydailynews#g' \; -print