Below are the functions created using regular expressions to find words or phrases in 
any plain text file.  They were created to find things in plain text BIBLE files.

e.g. this function searches a NEW AMERICAN STANDARD Bible plain text file for a word
    or series of words using grep.  The "-i" includes both upper and lower case.
    the "$*" looks for anything you type after gn - it encapsulates that string in quotes
    so you don't need to worry about spaces, special characters or upper or lower case.

function gn () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt;}                ## NAS  - New American Std

NOTE: the response for each instance is on one line... I truncated the output with ellipses...
--> gn Omega
Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come,...
Rev 21:6  Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end...
Rev 22:13  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."

to "fold" the output to fit your page or screen to 80 characters, you may use:

function gnf () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt | fold -s -w 80;}      ## NAS 80 columns
    the -s folds at a space
    the -w 80 sets the widest line to 80 characters, you may change this value (default is 80)

see:
--> fold --help
Usage: fold [OPTION]... [FILE]...
Wrap input lines in each FILE, writing to standard output.

With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
  -b, --bytes         count bytes rather than columns
  -s, --spaces        break at spaces
  -w, --width=WIDTH   use WIDTH columns instead of 80
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

e.g.

--> gnf Omega
Rev 1:8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was 
and who is to come, the Almighty." 
Rev 21:6  Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the 
beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of 
the water of life without cost. 
Rev 22:13  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning 
and the end."


##################################  john's .bashrc  28 Dec 2017 ###################
#  the .bashrc file sets useful user configurations related to:
#  Path, Prompt, Permissions, History, Editor, Alias, Shell options and Functions
#     http://johnmeister.com/linux/bashrc-basic.html
###################################################################################
###   setting these options make life in the shell easier to manage...
#   SHELL OPTIONS:
shopt -s histverify  # allows recall historical commands, edit, then use, type: history
shopt -s checkwinsize
#==========================================================================================
###  NOTE: you can place the Bible text files in any directory you'd like, adjust below ###
######################
#   FUNCTIONS: 
#  creates a directory structure and changes to the lowest level - be aware of keywords
function dir-mkcd () { mkdir -p "$@" && eval cd "\"\$$#\""; }
#
# functions - ###############################################################################
function ge () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/ENG.txt;}                 ## NAS-NKJV-KJV
function gef () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/ENG.txt |fold -s -w 80;} ## NAS-NKJV-KJV - folded
function ge4 () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/ENG4.txt;}               ## NAS-NKJV-KJV-YLT
# functions - ###############################################################################
# functions - ###  INDIVIDUAL translations: NAS, KJV, NKJV, YLT ######
function gn () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt;}                ## NAS  - New American Std
function gk () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/KJV.txt;}                ## KJV  - KJV
function gw () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NKJV.txt;}               ## NKJV - New KJV
function gy () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/YLT.txt;}                ## YLT  - Youngs Literal
# functions - ###############################################################################
# functions - ###  NAS folded or wider context ######
function gnf () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt | fold -s -w 80;}      ## NAS 80 columns 
function gnf100 () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt | fold -s -w 100;}  ## NAS 100 columns 
function gnf120 () { grep -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt | fold -s -w 120;}  ## NAS 120 columns 
function gn2 () { grep -C 2 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt;}                 ## NAS context 2 lines
function gn3 () { grep -C 3 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt;}                 ## NAS context 3 lines  
function gn4 () { grep -C 4 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt;}                 ## NAS context 4 lines
function gn5 () { grep -C 5 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NAS.txt;}                 ## NAS context 5 lines
# functions - ###############################################################################
# functions - ###  NAS and German ###
function gnd () { grep -A 1 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/ND.txt;}                  ## NAS and German
# functions - #################################################
# functions - ###  translations with NAS - nkjv, kjv, ylt, dhs and greek #####################
function gsix () { grep -A 3 -B1 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/SIX.txt;}     ## NAS,NKJV,KJV,YLT,DHS,Greek
function g6 () { grep -A 3 -B1 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/SIX.txt;}       ## NAS,NKJV,KJV,YLT,DHS,Greek
# functions - #################################################
# functions - ###  NAS, NKJV, KJV, DHS, GREEK  ###############################################
function gz () { grep -A 4 -B 2 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NkKDG.txt;} ## NAS,NKJV,KJV,DHS,Greek
function ga () { grep -A 3 -B 1 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NKDG.txt;} ## KJV,NAS,DHS,Greek
function gkn () { grep -C 1 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/KNb.txt;}  ## KJV-NAS
function gnd3 () { grep -A 5 -B 4 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/ND.txt;} ## NAS and DHS context 3
function gz-nas-uncited () { grep -A 4 -B 2 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/ANODG.txt;} ## NAS,NKJV,KJV,DHS,Greek
# functions - #####################################################################################
# functions - KJV ###  context and MULTIPLE translations with KJV ######
function gk3 () { grep -C 3 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/KJV.txt;}         ## KJV context 3 lines
function gknd () { grep -C 3 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/KND.txt;}        ## KJV,NAS,DHS context 3
function gknn () { grep -A 2 -B2 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/KNN.txt;}    ## KJV,NKJV,NAS
# functions - ########################################################################################
# functions - ###  NAS, NKJV, KJV, DHS, GREEK  #######################################################
function ganodg () { grep -A 8 -B 3 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/ANODG.txt;}  ## NAS,NKJV,KJV,DHS,Greek
function ganodgl () { grep -A 4 -B 3 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/ANODG.txt;} ## NAS,NKJV,KJV,DHS,Greek
function gnn () { grep -C 1 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NN.txt;}             ## NAS-NKJV - lines
function gnl () { grep -C 1 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NNn.txt;}            ## NAS-NKJV - no lines
function gnnk () { grep -A 2 -B2 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NNK.txt;}       ## NAS,NKJV,KJV
function g3 () { grep -A 2 -B2 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NNK.txt;}         ## NAS,NKJV,KJV
function g4 () { grep -A 2 -B2 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NkKD.txt;}        ## NAS,NKJV,KJV,DHS
function g5 () { grep -A 1 -B1 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/ANODG.txt;}       ## NAS-not-cited,NKJV,KJV,DHS,Greek
function g5c () { grep -A 2 -B2 -i "$*" ~/BIBLES/NkKDG.txt;}      ## NAS-cited,NKJV,KJV,DHS,Greek
# functions - ########################################################################################