[Building Sakai] *nix shell alias tip

Noah Botimer botimer at umich.edu
Mon Nov 16 13:54:06 PST 2009


I love it -- I use an uglier version I put together but will probably  
switch now. I've also found it handy to exclude metaprops, by the way.

Thanks,
-Noah

On Nov 16, 2009, at 12:43 PM, will at serensoft.com wrote:

> Unix/Linux shell tip:
>
> Here are some nice command-line aliases for searching Sakai source  
> code:
>
>     alias jgrep='grep -r --exclude-dir=.svn --exclude-dir=target
> --exclude-dir=m2-target'
>     alias bgrep='jgrep --exclude-dir=bundle'
>
> Then, for example:
>
>     jgrep  UserTypeMapper  providers
>     jgrep  -i  sakai_user_id_map  .
>     vi `bgrep  -l  student_view_not_released  gradebook`
>
> Saves mucho time (and hard drive wear) not having to scan the .svn/ or
> target/ or m2-target/ subdirectories. Very quick!
>
>
> -- 
> will trillich
> "Tis the set of the sails / And not the gales / That tells the way we
> go." -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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