vgrep -- A pager for grep

Usage

• As a pager:

grep -rn data /some/path | vgrep  # -n for line numbers

• As a drop-in replacement for grep:

vgrep data /some/path                  # recursive by default
vgrep data /some/path | vgrep default  # works with pipes, too

Installation

Installation from Hackage via stack is recommended:

stack update
stack install vgrep

This will install vgrep to your ~/.local/bin directory.

To install from source:

git clone https://github.com/fmthoma/vgrep.git
cd vgrep
stack setup
stack install