Vim: open files of the matches on the lines given by Grep?

Question

I want to get automatically to the positions of the results in Vim after grepping, on command line. Is there such feature?

Files to open in Vim on the lines give

Answer 1

You probably want to make functions for these. :)

Sequential vim calls (console)

grep -rn "implements" app | # Or any (with "-n") you like
  awk '{
    split($0,a,":"); # split on ":"
    print " +
  }' |
  parallel --halt-on-error 1 -j1 --tty bash -ec # halt on error and "-e" important to make it possible to quit in the middle

Use :cq from vim to stop editing.

Concurrent opening in tabs (gvim)

Start the server:

gvim --servername GVIM

Open the tabs:

grep -rn "implements" app | # again, any grep you like (with "-n")
  awk "{ # double quotes because of $PWD
    split(\$0,a,\":\"); # split on ":"
    print \":tabedit $PWD/\" a[1] \"\" a[2] \"G\" # Vim commands. Open file, then jump to line
  }" | 
  parallel gvim --servername GVIM --remote-send # of course the servername needs to match