agg <pattern> will open the files it finds

open_ag_files.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
from subprocess import getoutput
import os
import re
import fire


def main(*ag_args):
    ag_args = ' '.join(ag_args)
    print_matches(ag_args)
    files = get_files(ag_args)
    if not files[0]: return error()
    nums = file_nums_to_open(files)
    file_dict = get_file_dict(files)
    for num in nums:
        os.system('gvim ' + file_dict[num])


def error():
    print('no files')


def get_files(ag_args):
    return getoutput(f'ag -W 200 -l {ag_args}').split('\n')


def file_nums_to_open(files):
    print_files(files)
    nums = input('\ntype file numbers to open\n')
    return map(int, re.findall(r'\d+', nums))


def print_matches(ag_args):
    os.system(f'ag -W 200 {ag_args}')
    print()


def print_files(files):
    for i, f in enumerate(files):
        if i < 10:
            print(i, '', f)
        else:
            print(i, f)


def get_file_dict(files):
    return { i: f for i, f in enumerate(files) }


if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:
        fire.Fire(main)
    except:
        pass