#!/bin/sh # g -- poor man's ack IFS=' ' pat= opt= i=0 while [ $((i++)) -lt $# ]; do case "$1" in -*) opt=`printf '%s%s\n' "$opt" $1` shift ;; *) break ;; esac done [ $# -eq 0 ] && { echo usage: $0 [-...] pattern [file ...] 1>&2; exit 1; } pat=$1 shift files=`find . -name '*.c' -or -name '*.h' -or -name '*.cc' | sed s,./,,` [ -z "$files" ] && [ -z "$*" ] && { echo no matching files found 1>&2; exit 1; } # todo (?): treat argument \*.x like -or -name \*.x p grep $opt -n "$pat" $files "$@"