Alias for eshell to grep command

Alias for eshell to grep command

[Christopher Dimech]

I would like to make an alias for eshell so I can use the command

grep --include="*.org" --include="*.texi" -hir -C "$1" "$2" "$3"

Have tried the following but the tactic failed.

alias grepot 'grep --include="*.org" --include="*.texi" -hir -C "$1" "$2" "$3"'

Re: Alias for eshell to grep command

[Jean Louis]

* Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2020-11-19 06:55]:
> I would like to make an alias for eshell so I can use the command
> 
> grep --include="*.org" --include="*.texi" -hir -C "$1" "$2" "$3"
> 
> Have tried the following but the tactic failed.
> 
> alias grepot 'grep --include="*.org" --include="*.texi" -hir -C "$1"
> "$2" "$3"'

alias grepot '\*grep --include="*.org" --include="*.texi" -hir -C "$1" "$2" "$3"'

I just believe by doing above you may do that.

I could see that I had to escape * in front of grep as only *grep will
use the system command grep. In eshell Emacs functions have priority
so $ grep alone would invoke Emacs grep and show it in the buffer.

I believe you want it shown in the eshell, right?

Re: Alias for eshell to grep command

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 5:09 PM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: "Help Gnu Emacs" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Alias for eshell to grep command
>
> * Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2020-11-19 06:55]:
> > I would like to make an alias for eshell so I can use the command
> >
> > grep --include="*.org" --include="*.texi" -hir -C "$1" "$2" "$3"
> >
> > Have tried the following but the tactic failed.
> >
> > alias grepot 'grep --include="*.org" --include="*.texi" -hir -C "$1"
> > "$2" "$3"'
>
> alias grepot '\*grep --include="*.org" --include="*.texi" -hir -C "$1" "$2" "$3"'
>
> I just believe by doing above you may do that.
>
> I could see that I had to escape * in front of grep as only *grep will
> use the system command grep. In eshell Emacs functions have priority
> so $ grep alone would invoke Emacs grep and show it in the buffer.
>
> I believe you want it shown in the eshell, right?

You are quite right.  Yes in the eshell.

>