#Edit
This is a compromise between what I had originally and glenn's suggestion using the find command (which is much, much slower unfortunately):
search() {
local file_types grep_cmd opt OPTARG OPTIND pattern start_time stop_time usage
start_time=$(date +%s)
usage="Usage: search [OPTION] ... PATTERN [FILE] ...
Search for PATTERN in each FILE.
Example: search -t c -t h 'hello world' /code/internal/dev/ /code/public/dev/
Output control:
-t limit results to files of type"
if [[ $1 == --help ]]; then
echo "$usage"
return
fi
file_types=()
while getopts ":t:" opt; do
case $opt in
t)
file_types+=("$OPTARG")
;;
?)
echo "$usage"
return
;;
esac
done
shift $((OPTIND-1))
if (( $# == 0 )); then
echo "$usage"
return
fi
pattern="$1"
shift
if (( $# == 0 )); then
echo "$usage"
return
fi
if (( ${#file_types[@]} > 0 )); then
file_types="${file_types[@]}"
file_types=.${file_types// /':\|.'}:
grep -I -r "$pattern" "$@" | grep "$file_types"
else
grep -I -r "$pattern" "$@"
fi
stop_time=$(date +%s)
echo "Elapsed (seconds):" $(( stop_time - start_time ))
}
I'm not sure if I need to declare all those variables locally at the top of the function, but it seems like a good precaution.
