Rust Grep Tool 🔍

A fast and simple CLI file search tool built with Rust. It allows you to search for patterns in files and directories, with support for case-insensitive search and line numbering.

Features

• Fast Search: Efficiently searches through files and directories.
• Pattern Highlighting: Highlights the matched pattern in the output.
• Case-Insensitive Search: Optional case-insensitive matching.
• Line Numbering: Optional display of line numbers for matches.
• Recursive Search: Automatically searches through subdirectories.

Installation

To build the tool from source, you need to have Rust and Cargo installed.

git clone https://github.com/rawqubit/rust-grep-tool.git
cd rust-grep-tool
cargo build --release

The binary will be available at target/release/rust-grep-tool.

Usage

rust-grep-tool [OPTIONS] <PATTERN> [PATH]

Arguments

• <PATTERN>: The pattern to search for.
• [PATH]: The path to the file or directory to search in (default: .).

Options

• -i, --ignore-case: Perform case-insensitive search.
• -l, --line-number: Show line numbers for matches.
• -h, --help: Print help information.
• -V, --version: Print version information.

Examples

Search for "main" in the current directory:

rust-grep-tool "main"

Search for "pattern" in a specific file with line numbers:

rust-grep-tool -l "pattern" src/main.rs

Case-insensitive search for "rust" in the src directory:

rust-grep-tool -i "rust" src