Rust "Grep" Command

Warning

This project has moved to: https://github.com/DafexDV/rust-linux-utils

This repository is archieved and no loger maintained.

This is my attempt to recreate the Linux's command "grep" in Rust.

Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/DafexDV/rgrep.git
   cd rgrep
   cargo install --path .

2. Compile the project with cargo

   cargo build

3. Run the cli

   cargo run -- <your args here>
   

Use

Syntax:

rgrep [OPTIONS] <FILE> <PATTERN>

Example:

rgrep test.txt hello

Arguments:

#	Name	Description
1	<FILE>	The file in which the pattern will be searched
2	<PATTERN>	Search ignoring uppercase and lowercase

Options:

Name	Description
-i	Search ignoring uppercase and lowercase
-v	Show lines that do not match
-c	Instead of showing the lines, it just tells you how many matches were found
-w	Only matches the exact word, not if it is part of a larger
-h, --help	Print help
-V, --version	Print version

Special thanks

• clap: Command line argument parser