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Only search in HTML files: sift -x html pattern Not a Unix tool, I see.

• eru 11y ago
  You don't like GNU grep either, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/221921/use-grep-exclude-include-syntax-to-not-grep-through-certain-files https://stackoverflow.com/questions/221921/use-grep-exclude-... ?
  • meshko 11y ago
    there is no such thing as file extension, it is just a special case of file matching pattern.
    • eru 11y ago
      So what? If you want to follow the `do one thing well' philosophy, grep (and similar) shouldn't even support matching more than one file. That's what find and xargs are for.