Mass RegExp Scanner - mres

A fast and configurable regular expression scanner to mass scan folder and file content - powered by Goroutines.

The project is work in progress...

Usage

Warning: It works but not complete...

Setup

1. git clone https://github.com/movna/mres
2. cd mres/cmd/mres
3. go build

Options

To scan all file contents recursively in the folder (-path) for the specified regular expression (-content)

./mres -path <folder_path> -content <exp> -workers <no_of_workers>

To filter (-file) and scan for files in the folder (-path) for the specified regular expression (-content)

./mres -path <folder_path> -file <exp> -content <exp> -workers <no_of_workers>

To filter (-file) and list files that match the -file expression for files in the folder (-path)

./mres -path <folder_path> -file <exp> -workers <no_of_workers>

Inspiration

I am learning Golang and thought building something like this is best use and test of what I am learning - specially on Goroutines.

TODO

• Basic scanning - outputs filepath to stdout if there is a match
• Cancellation support - graceful exit
• Support callbacks on results and errors
• Add line number and matched content to results
• Add config file support
• Write results to output file
• Add match file extensions
• Add file extension filters
• Async writes to log and results file
• Get someone who is experienced in Golang to review code 😅
• Complete Tests
• Make it go gettable
• As a module to be used by others
• Documentation
• Signature library for common use cases
• Optimize for big files
• Verbose levels
• Global folder/extension filter