Fork of https://github.com/yegappan/grep/fork implementing the following additional features:
- Implements key mappings in Grep output window.
- Directly pass command lines to shell unchanged.
This fixes the following upstream issues: yegappan#9 yegappan#11 yegappan#17
Removes find and xargs dependencies.
Removes the following features/options:
Prompting for <search_pattern> if not specified
Prompting for <file_names> if not specified
Grep_Find_Path
Grep_Xargs_Path
Grep_Default_Filelist
Grep_Find_Use_Xargs
Grep_Xargs_Options
Grep_Cygwin_Find
Grep_Shell_Escape_Char
Plugin to integrate various grep like search tools with Vim.
The grep plugin integrates grep like utilities (grep, fgrep, egrep, agrep, findstr, silver searcher (ag), ripgrep, ack, git grep, sift, platinum searcher and universal code grep) with Vim and allows you to search for a pattern in one or more files and jump to them.
In Vim version 8.0 and above, the search command is run asynchronously in the background and the results are added to a quickfix list.
This plugin works only with Vim and not with neovim.
To use this plugin, you will need the grep like utilities in your system. If a particular utility is not present, then you cannot use the corresponding features, but you can still use the rest of the features supported by the plugin.
To use the this plugin with grep, you will need the grep, fgrep and egrep utilities. These tools are present in most of the Unix and MacOS installations. For MS-Windows systems, you can download the GNU grep utility from the following site:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/grep.htm
On MS-Windows, you can use the findstr utility to search for patterns. This is available by default on all MS-Windows systems.
The plugin supports various search utilities listed in the table below.
| Search Tool | Home Page | Grep Plugin Command |
|---|---|---|
| Ripgrep | https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep | :Rg |
| Silver Searcher | https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher | :Ag |
| Git grep | https://git-scm.com/ | :Gitgrep |
| Ack | https://beyondgrep.com/ | :Ack |
| Sift | https://sift-tool.org | :Sift |
| Platinum Searcher | https://github.com/monochromegane/the_platinum_searcher | :Ptgrep |
| Universal Code Grep | https://gvansickle.github.io/ucg | :Ucgrep |
| agrep | https://www.tgries.de/agrep | :Agrep |