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This script accepts the following options: -d: Specify the directory to start the search (default is the current directory). -e: Specify file extensions separated by commas. -o: Specify search options (default is to recursively search in subdirectories). The script also accepts multiple search texts as arguments, separated by spaces. bash script…
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Define the directory to start the search | |
| SEARCH_DIR="." | |
| # Define default file extensions and search options | |
| FILE_EXTENSIONS=("txt") | |
| SEARCH_OPTIONS="-r" # Default: recursively search in subdirectories | |
| # Parse command line arguments | |
| while getopts "d:e:o:" opt; do | |
| case $opt in | |
| d) | |
| SEARCH_DIR="$OPTARG" | |
| ;; | |
| e) | |
| IFS=',' read -ra FILE_EXTENSIONS <<< "$OPTARG" | |
| ;; | |
| o) | |
| SEARCH_OPTIONS="$OPTARG" | |
| ;; | |
| \?) | |
| echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2 | |
| exit 1 | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| # Shift to process non-option arguments (search texts) | |
| shift $((OPTIND-1)) | |
| SEARCH_TEXTS=("$@") | |
| # Use find and grep to search for text in files with specified extensions | |
| for ext in "${FILE_EXTENSIONS[@]}"; do | |
| find "$SEARCH_DIR" $SEARCH_OPTIONS -type f -name "*.$ext" | while read -r file; do | |
| # Use grep to check if any of the search texts are present in the file | |
| for search_text in "${SEARCH_TEXTS[@]}"; do | |
| if grep -q "$search_text" "$file"; then | |
| echo "Text '$search_text' found in file: $file" | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| done | |
| done |
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bash script.sh -d /path/to/search -e txt,log -o -r hello "hello world"