Per Grep_color on mac as suggested by @lupincho, this seems to work fine and does not use an alias:
export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=always'
export GREP_COLOR='1;35;40'
How can I grep with color in Mac OS X's terminal?
Per Grep_color on mac as suggested by @lupincho, this seems to work fine and does not use an alias:
export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=always'
export GREP_COLOR='1;35;40'