a grep alias to easily find stuff in folders

grepfind

# part of my .zshrc
# looks for the pattern $2 in the folder $1 and its subfolders

#                    folder  pattern
# usage: grepfind ~/.irclogs potato
#
# use quotes when searching for sentence fragments: 
# grepfind ~/.irclogs "potato cannon"

function goGrepGO() {
  grep -rnw "$1" -e "$2"
}

alias grepfind=goGrepGO