Combine vim and grep to quickly open files containing expression/pattern in vim

vim-grep.zsh

# vim-grep, open all files containing grepped string
function vim-grep {
    GREP_OPTIONS="-rnw $1 -e $2"

    for var in "${@:3}";
    do
        GREP_OPTIONS+=" --include \"$var\""
    done

    vim $(eval "grep $GREP_OPTIONS" | cut -f1 -d: | uniq | tr "\n" " ")
    unset GREP_OPTIONS;
}

$ vim-grep . notify Jenkinsfile\* \*.go

$1: directory to start searching recursively from
$2: expression to search for
$3..$n: filetypes to --include (if not provided, search any filetype)

It will grep recursively from a directory for files containing a pattern, then open each of the files in separate vim buffers.

Example: $ vim-grep . notify Jenkinsfile\*, it will start recursively searching from ., grepping for the pattern notify in all the files, and every argument afterwards is for limiting which files to search (using grep’s --include flag).