Highlight lines matching pattern

highlight.sh

# Used as a drop-in replacement for grep that colors matching lines, but prints all lines
function highlight() {
  local args=( "$@" )
  for (( i=0; i<${#args[@]}; i++ )); do
    if [ "${args[$i]:0:1}" != "-" ]; then
      args[$i]="(${args[$i]})|$"
      break
    fi
  done
  grep --color -E "${args[@]}"
}