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    Usage: zf PATTERN [DIR]
Example: zf foo app/
Paste this somewhere. I use it in /usr/local/bin. Remeber to chmod +x /usr/local/bin/zf.
if [ -z "$1" ]
  then
    echo "usage: zf PATTERN [DIR]"
    echo "example: zf foo app/"
    exit 1
fi

regex=""
for (( i = 0; i < ${#1}; i++  )); do
  char=${1:$i:1}
  char="$char[^\n]*?"
  regex="$regex$char"
done
breakat=$(( ${#regex} - 7 ))
regex=${regex:0:breakat}

path=$2
if [ -z "$2" ] 
  then
    path="."
fi

grep -ERni --color=always "$regex" "$path"