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grepp(1)

Name

grepp - An improved version of the most common combinations of grep, find and sed/perl, in a single script.

Synopsys

grepp pattern [location] [--if | --ignore-file file_pattern] [--spacing] [--context|-C NUM ] [-'NUM'] [--number|-n] [--debug level]

grepp [-h |-?] # Short help

grepp [--help] # Extended help

command | grepp [options] 'pattern' # pipe usage

Description

greps 'pattern' recursively from current dir or 'location' in every file except for file patterns given by the cmdline option --ignore-file.

It is inspired in grep, but unlike grep it doesn’t print a : divider right after the file name since that makes it annoying to double click to select, it adds a space before and after the : divider.

As it is expected, the color only shows when the ouput is not being piped. See --color for more details.

It automatically pipes the output to your environment PAGER or to less -R if no environment value is set.

Options

'pattern'

Pattern to grep for (In regex syntax).

'location'

Location to search in. By default it will use the current directory.

-c | --case

Do not ignore case.

-l

Print file name only.

-I

Do not ignore binary files.

TODO --name | --iname 'file_pattern'

filter result to match only things that match 'file_pattern'. iname does case insensitive matching.

TODO --if | --ignore-file 'file_pattern'

Ignore files matching 'file_pattern' regex. Can be used more than once. Case insensitive.

TODO --fullpath

Print full paths for matching files.

--spacing

Print original spacing. By default initial spacing is ignored.

-C 'NUM', -'NUM', --context='NUM'

Print 'NUM' lines of output context. Places a line containing a group separator (--) between contiguous groups of matches. With the -o or --only-matching option, this has no effect and a warning is given.

--color 'never'|'auto'|'always'

Select color use: never, auto (default), always.

Why grep’s ouptut sucks

grep prints a colon : divider after the file name since that makes it annoying to double click to select.

TODO: images here

Roadmap

  • Use Git ignore file.

License

Copyright © 2012-2024 David Gamba

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.