building a command string - separating commands and arguments

Hi All,

I am trying to build a set of functions to make it easier to search
through large sets of file names.

For example, I want to turn this (BASE):
find . -iname "*.java" | grep -i FirstTerm | grep -i SecondTerm

into this (TARGET):
fjg FirstTerm SecondTerm.

Where I have a generic function that will search on any file extension
it is given, and a set of extension specific helpers.

Here is my attempt so far.

# Helper for ".java" files.
fjg() {
fXXXgBase java "$@"
}

# Generic function for any file extension.
fXXXgBase() {
command='find . -iname "*.'"$1"'" '
shift
repeatPart=' | grep -i '
until [ -z "$1" ] # Until all parameters used up . . .
do
command="${command} ${repeatPart} $1"
shift
done
echo Command: ${command}
$command
}


I get the following error from running the target command:
fjg FirstTerm SecondTerm
Command: find . -iname "*.java" | grep -i FirstTerm | grep -i
SecondTerm
find: paths must precede expression
Usage: find [-H] [-L] [-P] [path...] [expression]

So it would seem that my the pipes are all being lumped into the first
command or something similar...

Another tack I have tried is to do the general find first, execute
successive greps against it and output the filtered result. This
works, but is substantially slower than executing my base command
directly:
find . -iname "*.java" | grep -i FirstTerm | grep -i SecondTerm

Any assistance would be most appreciated!

Rob
:)

.

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