many pervasive clean-ups

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / files / edit_files_matching.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# finds all files that contain any one of the members of a list of patterns.
+
+function print_instructions()
+{
+  echo "This script requires a directory as the first parameter and then a list of"
+  echo "patterns to find within that directory.  All the files matching a pattern"
+  echo "in the list will be opened in an editor."
+
+  echo "for example:"
+
+  echo "  $(basename $0 .sh) ~/feisty_meow hoople.net hoople.org"
+  echo "the above will search the directory ~/feisty_meow for all matches to"
+  echo "the two patterns 'hoople.org' and 'hoople.net'."
+
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# capture the first parameter for the directory and remove it.
+search_directory="$1"; shift
+
+if [ -z "$search_directory" -o -z "$2" -o ! -d "$search_directory" ]; then
+  print_instructions
+fi
+
+function launch_editor_on_matching_files()
+{
+  pushd "$search_directory"
+
+  local donk
+
+  # iterate over the rest of the parameters as patterns.
+  for donk in $*; do
+
+    echo "searching [$search_directory] for string [$donk]"
+    edit_list="$(bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/search_text.sh $donk)"
+    if [ ! -z "$edit_list" ]; then
+      gvim $edit_list 2>&1 | cat 
+    fi
+
+#np
+#hmmm: why doesn't the np alias work?
+
+  done
+
+  popd
+}
+
+# invoke our function to do the real work.
+launch_editor_on_matching_files $*
+
+##############
+
+# example run for scanning feisty meow code for old domain names that are
+# defunct:
+# edit_files_matching $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX hoople.net hoople.org hoople.com yeticode.org yeticode.com yeticode.net cromp.com cromp.org cromp.net gruntose.net gruntose.org koeritz.net
+
+