Custom flavored grep

grepc.sh

#!/bin/bash
EXCLUDEDIR=${EXCLUDEDIR:-"env/*"}
COLOR=${COLOR:-always}
CONTEXT=${CONTEXT:-0}
grep -IiRn --exclude="$EXCLUDE" --exclude-dir="$EXCLUDEDIR" --color=$COLOR -C$CONTEXT "$1" * \
| less -iFRX

ripgrepc.sh

#!/bin/bash
if [[ "$EXCLUDE" !=  "" ]]; then
    EXCLUDE="!$EXCLUDE"
fi
COLOR=${COLOR:-always}
CONTEXT=${CONTEXT:-0}
rg -in -g "$EXCLUDE" --color=$COLOR -C$CONTEXT "$1" \
| less -iFRX

Custom Flavored Grep

Some time ago I realized that I used grep too often with an irksome set of flags, so I made this bash script to set them for me. I mainly use grepc to browse through the mozilla-central source code, to find function definitions, calls, etc.
I know you can probably do this from within vim or emacs, but sometimes you're wandering around in the terminal and this just does the trick

Installation

I generally save this file as /usr/local/bin/grepc, setting it as executable.

Usage

Run:

$ grepc <search_string>

And the output will be a list of the files with that string, showing the matched line with the string highlighted and line-number.

Options:

Use the variable COLOR to override the default color output (--color=always):

$ COLOR=never grepc <search_string>

Use the variable EXCLUDEDIR to override the default excluded folder (env/*):

$ EXCLUDEDIR=tests/* grepc <search_string>

Use the variable EXCLUDE to exclude files from the results:

$ EXCLUDE=test_*.py grepc <search_string>

Use the variable CONTEXT to add that many context lines before and after the match:

$ CONTEXT=3 grepc <search_string>

Changelog

• 2015-01-05: add context variable
• 2014-08-17: removed legacy svn stuff, added overrides for exclude folders and files
• 2014-05-27: added support to override colored output
• 2011-11-16: added pagination for when the results are larger than the page size. Some extra indentation