grep-r

grep-r

#!/bin/bash -e
#
# Usage: grep-r PATTERN [ GREP-ARGS ] [ -- [ DIRECTORIES ] [ FIND-ARGS ] ]
#
# PATTERN - The pattern to grep within files for
# GREP-ARGS - A list of arguments to pass to grep, for example -E for extended regex
# DIRECTORIES - A list of directories to seach (may not begin with `-`)
# FIND-ARGS - A list of arguments to pass to find, for example `-regex '.*/[fF]ile.txt'`
#
# Defaults:
#    GREP-ARGS: none
#    DIRECTOREIS: .
#    FIND-ARGS: -true
declare -a grepArgs
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
    case "$1" in
    --)
        shift
        break
        ;;
    esac
    grepArgs[${#grepArgs[*]}]="$1"
    shift
done
declare -a directories
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
    case "$1" in
    -*) break ;;
    *)
        directories[${#directories[*]}]="$1"
        shift
        ;;
    esac
done
if [ ${#directories[*]} -eq 0 ]; then
    directories[0]="."
fi
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    set -- -true
fi
find -E "${directories[@]}" \! \( \( -name dump.sql -o -name data.json -o \
    \( -type d \( -name logs -o -name auditLogs -o -name docker_container -o -name node_modules -o -name .git -o -regex '.*/target/(test-)?classes' \) \) \
    \) -prune \) -type f \( "$@" \) -print0 | xargs -0 grep "${grepArgs[@]}"

I update this script with more directories and files to exclude as I see fit... if you use this script, you will probably also want to customize what is skipped by default.