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# Search shell history file for a pattern. If you put your whole HISTFILE
# contents into memory, then you probably don't need this, as you can just do:
#
# $ history | grep PATTERN
#
hgrep() {
if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] ; then
printf >&2 'hgrep(): Need a pattern\n'
return 2
fi
if [ -z "$HISTFILE" ] ; then
printf >&2 'hgrep(): No HISTFILE\n'
return 2
fi
grep "$@" "$HISTFILE"
}
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