From 2417a6b7603524dc5cd30d29b153f91024b9443d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2023 22:54:27 +0100 Subject: Move to Jekyll --- _posts/2023-05-29-grep-to-less-maintain-colors.md | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2023-05-29-grep-to-less-maintain-colors.md (limited to '_posts/2023-05-29-grep-to-less-maintain-colors.md') diff --git a/_posts/2023-05-29-grep-to-less-maintain-colors.md b/_posts/2023-05-29-grep-to-less-maintain-colors.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..49baa01 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2023-05-29-grep-to-less-maintain-colors.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +title: "Grep to Less that maintain colors" +permalink: /grep-to-less-maintain-colors.html +date: 2023-05-29T21:27:07+02:00 +layout: post +type: note +draft: false +tags: [bash] +--- + +I often use `grep` to search for todo's in my code and other people's code and +then pipe them in `less` and I missed having colors that grep outputs in `less`. + +- Grep's `--color=always` use markers to highlight the matching strings. +- Less's `-R` option outputs "raw" control characters. + +You could use `alias grep='grep --color=always'` and `alias less='less -R'` or +create todo function in your `.bashrc` that accepts first argument as search +string. + +```sh +# This is where the magic happens. +grep --color=always -rni "TODO:" | less -R +``` + +![Less and grep](/assets/notes/grep-less.png) -- cgit v1.2.3