I'd like to use grep for searching through a directory and open the files with matches in an editor of choice. (emacs or vim will do.)
I can open the first match via vim $(\grep -l "static void main" *), but this won't open the other matching files. The \ in front of grep is used to use an unmodified grep, usually I have colored grep which will not work because it leads to wrong filenames.
I am aware that I can try find, pipe the results each to grep and open then the file found in question each in a new editor, with the help of xargs.
Best working solution:
USAGE:
grepe static void main or
grepv static void main.
No "" needed.
INSTALL:
Put this into your .bashrc.
#emacs:
grepe(){
emacs $(\grep -irl "$*" .)
}
#vim:
grepv(){
vim $(\grep -irl "$*" .)
}