Questions tagged [helm-grep]
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how to helm-projectile-grep for exact string?
How can I direct helm-projectile-ag and helm-projectile-grep to search for an exact string?
If I enclose a string in quotes, I get no results. If I don't, I get fuzzy matching.
incandescentman
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How can I search between the lines with multiline search?
I use C-u 4 M-x helm-swoop for interactive search also show several surrounding lines (this is analogous to grep -C 4).
When I find the word I narrow my search interactively, for example,
C-u 4 M-x helm-swoop foo bar
And this is analogous to grep…
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helm-grep-do-git-grep - search only in current dir
Windows 10, Emacs 25.1, Helm
If I run command M-x helm-grep-do-git-grep it's search text in current folder and all subfolders. But I need to search text only in current folder.
How I can do this?
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How can I replace grep with sift or ag in helm-grep? (Not helm-do-ag)
I've currently got a custom function that I use to grep through files in helm.
;; Search for the thing that the cursor is on or that's already hilighted. If there's nothing,
;; switch back to searching for text interactively.
(defun…
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How to use Helm to grep across a list of xz compressed files?
I'm trying to implement a simple helm extension for work which among other things provides an action to "grep across selected log file candidates". I've got this all working for actions like this:
(defun visit-logs-action (log-directory…
Palace Chan
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How do I configure helm-git-grep candidates limit?
I have this in my .emacs file but it still shows that the limit is 300 Candidates.
(require 'helm-git-grep) ;; Not necessary if installed by package.el
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c g") 'helm-git-grep)
(setq helm-candidate-number-limit 200)
Wawrzyniec Pruski
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Error running timer: (error "Candidates function `helm-git-grep-process' should run a process")
I'm getting this error when trying to run helm-git-grep. As soon as I start typing the first character of the pattern, I get this:
Error running timer: (error "Candidates function `helm-git-grep-process' should run a process")
Wawrzyniec Pruski
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How to use regular expressions with helm-projectile-grep?
I would like to find all strings in files matching the pattern foo_*_bar. I know that one can use \s to match empty characters. What's the pattern for zero or more characters? Could not find it by searching the web.
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helm-grep-do-git-grep: possible to show results in minibuffer?
When I use helm-grep-do-git-grep results are shown in the current window or a different one, but it takes the whole window. It there an option to show results in the minibuffer, below the current window where one is searching? Thanks!
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How to exclude certain files from helm-do-grep-1
Suppose, we have the following files: ~/1.js, ~/1.min.js, ~/bad-dir/2.js.
All of them have the following contents:
function hello () {}
I am using helm-do-grep-1 to grep through these files and want exclude certain patterns in file names and…
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How do I set path for ag for helm-do-grep-ag
I am on MacOS (darwin) and when I attempt helm-do-grep-ag I get a zsh error zsh:1: command not found: ag. What is the proper way to address this?
My ag is homebrewed and so is in /usr/local/bin
I verified the setting of PATH in both bash and zsh…
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Search in recent files
I use helm-recentf to receive the list of recent files.
I would like to have an opportunity to search over the list of recently viewed files.
Can I do it with grep or helm-swoop? Is there any other way?
UPDATE:
Lets say I have the list of recent…
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helm-grep-do-git-grep : show only exact matching
Windows 10, Emacs 25, Helm
I want to find exact text "data autoupdate" in all files in some folder in my Android Git project.
So I use command
M-x helm-grep-do-git-grep
And input text "data autoupdate"
Here result:
As you can see it find 4…
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