@bobfrankston/jgrep

@bobfrankston/jgrep

Recursive grep tailored for TypeScript / JavaScript source trees.

By default jgrep searches .ts files (and .js files only when no sibling .ts exists), skips node_modules, prev, recycle bins, and hidden directories, and follows real paths to avoid revisiting the same directory through symlinks/junctions.

Install

npm install -g @bobfrankston/jgrep

Usage

jgrep [options] pattern [startdir ...]

If no starting directories are given, jgrep searches y:\dev, y:\inetpub, and y:\x\bin (with WSL-style path translation when not on Windows).

Options

Flag	Meaning
-c	Include comments when matching lines (default: strip // from non-TS files)
-s / -show	Show each matching line with the match highlighted
-v / -verbose	Verbose output (line text after each hit)
-d<n>	Print directory names up to depth n while traversing
-ext .x .y	Add file extensions to consider (in addition to .ts)
-n / -name / -names	Match filenames against glob patterns (e.g. *.json, package.*)

Examples

jgrep "TODO" y:\dev\utils
jgrep -ext .json -n package.* "homepage"
jgrep -s "RMFLogger"

Develop

tsc -w        # rebuild on save
node .        # run locally

The compiled index.js is the bin entry, so npm link or npm install -g . makes jgrep available on PATH.