OpenGrok CLI
One tool that makes my life as a software developer easier is OpenGrok – it lets me quickly find application code and it knows more context than a simple grep. It has a built-in web interface, but sometimes I want to work with search results from the command line (particularly for automated tasks). Since I couldn't find an API, I created a command to load and parse results using symfony/console and xpath.
Usage
It's straightforward to use, just provide the OpenGrok server, project to search, and the query. Mimicking grep, the output format should look familiar:
$ opengrok-cli --server=http://lxr.php.net --project=PHP_5_4 oci_internal_debug
/ext/oci8/oci8.c:777: PHP_FUNCTION(oci_internal_debug);
/ext/oci8/oci8.c:862: PHP_FE(oci_internal_debug, arginfo_oci_internal_debug)
/ext/oci8/oci8.c:932: PHP_FALIAS(ociinternaldebug, oci_internal_debug, arginfo_oci_internal_debug)
/ext/oci8/oci8_interface.c:1307: /* {{{ proto void oci_internal_debug(int onoff)
/ext/oci8/oci8_interface.c:1309: PHP_FUNCTION(oci_internal_debug)
When run from an ANSI-friendly terminal, the output is nicely colorized. And just like the web interface, the query argument can include operators, nested queries, field specifiers, and wildcard searches.
It also has a --list option to only output paths. Useful if I'm in the repository's top-level and I want to work through all the results with vim:
$ cd php-src/
$ export OPENGROK_SERVER=http://lxr.php.net OPENGROK_PROJECT=PHP_5_4
$ vim $(opengrok-cli --list refs:PHP_MODE_PROCESS_STDIN)
Open Source
I published the code to dpb587/opengrok-cli. Check the README, but it's easy to get started:
$ git clone git://github.com/dpb587/opengrok-cli.git opengrok-cli && cd !$
$ php composer.phar install
$ ./bin/opengrok-cli --help
Or take the easier route and use the pre-compiled version:
$ wget static.dpb587.me/opengrok-cli.phar
$ php opengrok-cli.phar --help