Fetch gg ("good grep") from the master branch of this repository, located in the bin directory:

Download from Linux Command Line

Download / install is as simple as fetching this script and setting it to be executable.

cd ~/bin
wget --no-check-certificate 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mariten/good-grep/master/bin/gg'
chmod +x gg

Fetch Sample Excludes File (Optional)

cd
wget --no-check-certificate 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mariten/good-grep/master/sample/.gg_excludes'

# Edit as needed
vim .gg_excludes

Colors

It is recommended that you set colors for your *nix command prompt, some distros do this automatically whereas others require you to set it manually. If you need to set it manually, below is an example of a standard Linux color scheme that can be set in your .bashrc or .bash_profile

export set LS_COLORS='no=00:fi=00:di=01;34:ln=01;36:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:su=37;41:sg=30;43:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.svgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:';

Usage

Assuming that your ~/bin folder is set in your PATH environment variable:

cd ~/dev/codebase/src
gg REGEX_TO_SEARCH_FOR [GREP_OPTIONS]

1. Just move to the top-level folder you want to search
2. Type gg and the regex you want to grep for (line numbers are displayed by default in results)
3. If you want to specify any grep options like -i, specify them after the input text and without the dash

• Grep option -n (display line numbers in results) is set on by default

Examples

Standard Search

gg variable_to_search_for

Case-Insensitive Search

gg convertURL i

Find Only File Names and Line Numbers of Matches

gg '\$this->class_instance->functionName(' o

Regex Search

gg "\('_'\)"