I believe that's what ack-grep[1] and the silver searcher(AKA ag)[2] do underneath. Actually I would recommend people to give it a try to those alternatives, I

I believe that's what ack-grep[1] and the silver searcher(AKA ag)[2] do underneath. Actually I would recommend people to give it a try to those alternatives, I haven't had to look back to grep again since I am using ack-grep (and now ag) [1] http://beyondgrep.com/ http://beyondgrep.com/ [2] http://geoff.greer.fm/2011/12/27/the-silver-searcher-better-than-ack/ http://geoff.greer.fm/2011/12/27/the-silver-searcher-better-...