/GrepX

You can open matching files of grep by number.

Primary LanguageShellMIT LicenseMIT

GrepX

This script process the output of grep
and you can watch the matching files by number.

Demo on ubuntu.
demo

How to Use

Place this script to your /usr/local/bin or ~/bin

cp grepx ~/bin

execute

$ grepx PATTERN [FLAG]

When finishing search, you can press the [1-n/v/s/c/n/q] key,
1-n: press the number and open the file
v: open with vim
s: open with subl
c: open with visual studio code
n: open with notepad++
q: quit

flag:
-i :ignore case
-w: match word

Features

  • Support many editors:

    • vim
    • sublime
    • visual studio code
    • notepad++

  • Support many search command tools:

    • grep
    • ack-grep
    • silversearcher-ag (recommand)

System Requirement

Windows, Mac OS or Linux

License

GrepX is published under the MIT license.