File this under #shell #functions I should have written years ago:

function grepc { #Do a grep -c, but skipping files with no results grep -c "$@" |grep -v ':0$' }

#unix #UnixShell #ShellScripting #bash #ksh

@rl_dane

Oh, didn't know about -c. I usually just pipe to wc -l I guess.

@amin

-c, -l, -h, -H, and -q are my favorite #grep flags. :D

Huh, that almost became a [Marcel Duchamp] reference. 😅

Marcel Duchamp - Wikipedia

@rl_dane

I just use -v and -E

@amin @rl_dane you guys use flags?... :p
@amin @rl_dane @sotolf You guys still use grep instead of ripgrep. Tst

@thedoctor @amin @sotolf

...and bash instead of zsh
...and grep/awk/sed instead of jq
...and firefox instead of chrome
...and the fediverse instead of facebook

Face it... I'm an unpopular-opinion neckbeard level boss. XD

cc: @mirabilos

@rl_dane @thedoctor @sotolf @mirabilos

...and grep/awk/sed instead of jq

Okay, now that one is crazy.

@thedoctor @amin @sotolf @mirabilos

LISTEN, I've used grep/awk/sed for very nearly a quarter century, and I find the syntax of jq bewildering, so 😝

@rl_dane @thedoctor @sotolf @mirabilos

Most of those aren't for handling complex data types, though, just manipulating lines.

@amin @thedoctor @sotolf @mirabilos

So far, I've managed to bodge it together just well enough to do what I needed, but I really would like to get more familiar with jq.