File XSearch

Search for any Keyword on a spesific folder using Bash commands.

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Note: Command Line is still in Alpha Version. Feel Free to Contribute

Installation

Manual

#####clone the project
git clone "https://github.com/islem19/File-XSearch.git"
#####copy the xsearch to /usr/bin
sudo cp $(pwd)/xsearch.sh /usr/bin/xsearch
sudo chmod 0755 /usr/bin/xsearch
#####copy the man page to the right target man(1)
sudo cp $(pwd)/man/xsearch.1 /usr/share/man/man1/xsearch.1
sudo gzip /usr/share/man/man1/xsearch.1
sudo mandb

Auto

#####clone the project and run the install.sh
git clone "https://github.com/islem19/File-XSearch.git"
sh install.sh
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Usage

xsearch [options] [-f|--folder] [-k|--keyword]

You can check the man page using:

########### Help on XSearch
man xsearch
###########

To check the available commands you can run also:

############
xsearch [-h|--help ]
############

Basic command to search for a Keyword in a Directory:

xsearch -f <path_to_folder> -k <word_to_be_search> 
####### or you can use
xsearch --folder <path_to_folder> --keyword <word_to_be_search> 

if no folder is selected, the command will look into the current directory running.

The command search will be case insensitive, if you want to seach with case sensitive enable, use:

xsearch --folder <path_to_folder> --keyword <word_to_be_search> --case-sensitive
####### or you can use [-c] option

By default, the command will search through all file extenstions, if you can to spesify and target a file extension, use:

xsearch --folder <path_to_folder> --keyword <word_to_be_search> --extension
####### or you can use [-e] option

Man Page

Manual (man) pages should obey a particular layout. This isn’t strictly necessary, but will help make your man page similar to every other in your system and not confuse or surprise your users.

Install Man Page

The name of the man page should be <name_of_command>.1

Check out man/xsearch.1 as a demo file.

############ copy man page to the man(1) category- User Command Man Pages
sudo cp xsearch.1 /usr/share/man/man1/xsearch.1
############ Compress the file using Gzip
sudo gzip /usr/share/man/man1/xsearch.1
############ Source and refresh the Man Database
sudo mandb

For more on how to write a man page check out (Medium.com)

License

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Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
<https://fsf.org/> Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works.

The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed to take away your freedom to share and change the works.  By contrast,
the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change all versions of a program