Grep command in PowerShell (recursive)

Description

Simulating the Unix grep command to browse through all the files in the current location and all the subfolders for a specific string.

Script

Function grep {
	# Get pattern to search in files
	$patt = $args[0]
	
	# Run recursive search on all files in the current location and in subfolders
	Get-ChildItem -File -Recurse | %{
		If (Select-String -Path $_.FullName -Pattern $patt -SimpleMatch -Quiet) {
			Write-Host -NoNewline "$(Split-Path $_.FullName -Parent)\"
			Write-Host -ForegroundColor green "$(Split-Path $_.FullName -Leaf)"
		}
	}
}

Example

Searching for all the files that contain the string "created"

# Unix version:
grep -r "created"

# PowerShell version:
grep "created"