how to always use rgrep with color

Question

is there anything similar for rgrep auto color?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '13 at 15:38

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add this line to your .bashrc in your home directory

alias rgrep="grep -n --colour"

answered Nov 18 '13 at 15:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 23 '14 at 23:01

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Just execute the following lines and modify one line as describe bellow

mkdir -p ~/bin
cd ~/bin
wget http://sdjf.esmartdesign.com/files/rgrep
chmod +x rgrep

Edit it and modify the line

args=${args:--His}

To this version:

args="${args:--His} --color=auto"

edited Dec 23 '14 at 23:01

David Foerster

answered Dec 17 '14 at 15:46

mnono

This appears to be a comment on another answer rahter than a complete answer. – Elder Geek Dec 17 '14 at 16:47
Hi Elder, Doing like this permit to always use rgrep with color... Wasn't it the original ask? – mnono Dec 23 '14 at 16:34
Actually the original question *as I understood it* appeared to be looking for something **similar to** rgrep auto color. Perhaps I misunderstood. – Elder Geek Dec 24 '14 at 01:08
Thanks for the modifications, it's clearest. (I didn't knew the p option on mkdir.) To complete, if not working (command not found), add ``` export PATH=$PATH:~/bin ``` into one of the autoloaded configuration file (~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc or else depending of your distribution) – mnono Jan 02 '15 at 10:13

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