On: Useful command-line scripts for web developers (or anyone else really)

[mileszs]

I use a function that looks like this:

  find $1 -name $2 | xargs egrep -nC3 $3 | less

So, say:

  find ./ -name "*.rb" | xargs egrep -nC3 'gsub' | less

You'll get the matching line, three lines before and three lines after, as well as file name and line numbers.