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A one-two combo for searching in files, and then going to match at a supplied line-number.
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grep . -RHn --include="tests.py" -e "MyTestCase"
mvim some_django_app/tests.py +1329
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*I did this on MacVim using the Terminal.app, but probably works on Linux with GVim
*This may not be news to some of the veterans here :)

I used this command to grep inside a file, and then go to the
line number(s) where the match(es) occurred.

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