#!/usr/bin/perl -w 'di .ig 00 '; ############################################################################## ## ## search ## ## Jeffrey Friedl (jfriedl@omron.co.jp), Dec 1994. ## Copyright 19.... ah hell, just take it. ## Ported to Win95 by Dan Schmidt (dfan@alum.mit.edu) ## ## BLURB: ## A combo of find and grep -- more or less do a 'grep' on a whole ## directory tree. Fast, with lots of options. Much more powerful than ## the simple "find ... | xargs grep ....". Has a full man page. ## Powerfully customizable. Emacs interface included. ## ## This file is big, but mostly comments and man page. ## ## See man page for usage info. ## Return value: 2=error, 1=nothing found, 0=something found. ## $version = "960908.11"; ## "960908.11" ## Added -depth=0, 'cause I needed it. ## ## "960506.10" ## Added -F/-R, and made it a bit more smart about $ and @ in arguments. ## ## "960426.9" ## Sigh -- fixed a perl4 backward-compatabilty problem. ## "960330.8" ## Made $&-clean! ## "960325.7" ## Added the "filter" directive to the startup file so I could have ## search automatically look inside compressed files. ## ## Implementation: slightly changed semantics with how EVALs are ## removed from the inlined program. ## "960227.6" ## From Lionel Cons a few bug fixes and cool emacs interface: ## ## ``Also, I integrated search in Emacs so that I can use "M-x search" ## and then "C-x `" to browse through the occurences (like grep). ## Here is the code that I use: ## ## (defun search (dir what) "Run search with all grep goodies." ## (interactive "DSearch under: \nsSearch for: ") ## (setq default-directory ## (if (string-match "/$" dir) dir (concat dir "/"))) ## (compile-internal (concat "search -n " what) ## "No more search hits" "grep" nil grep-regexp-alist)) ## "951019.5" ## Add color stuff (-bold, -red, etc...) ## Fix up nroff stuff to work with groff ## "950918.4 1/2"; ## Changed all 'sysread' to 'read' because Linux perl's don't seem ## to like sysread() ## "941227.4" ## Added -n, -u ## "941222.3" ## Added -nice (due to Lionel Cons ) ## Removed any leading "./" from name. ## Added default flags for ~/.search, including TTY, -nice, -list, etc. ## Program name now has path removed when printed in diagnostics. ## Added simple tilde-expansion to -dir arg. ## Added -dskip, etc. Fixed -iregex bug. ## Changed -dir to be additive, adding -ddir. ## Now screen out devices, pipes, and sockets. ## More tidying and lots of expanding of the man page ## "941217.2"; ## initial release. $stripped=0; &init; $rc_file = join('/', $ENV{'HOME'}, ".search"); &check_args; ## Make sure we've got a regex. ## Don't need one if -find or -showrc was specified. $!=2, die "expecting regex arguments.\n" if $FIND_ONLY == 0 && $showrc == 0 && @ARGV == 0; &prepare_to_search($rc_file); &import_program if !defined &dodir; ## BIG key to speed. ## do search while there are directories to be done. &dodir(shift(@todo)) while @todo; &clear_message if $VERBOSE && $STDERR_IS_TTY; exit($retval); ############################################################################### sub init { ## initialize variables that might be reset by command-line args $DOREP=0; ## set true by -dorep (redo multi-hardlink files) $DO_SORT=0; ## set by -sort (sort files in a dir before checking) $FIND_ONLY=0; ## set by -find (don't search files) $LIST_ONLY=0; ## set true by -l (list filenames only) $NEWER=0; ## set by -newer, "-mtime -###" $NICE=0; ## set by -nice (print human-readable output) $NOLINKS=0; ## set true by -nolinks (don't follow symlinks) $OLDER=0; ## set by -older, "-mtime ###" $PREPEND_FILENAME=1; ## set false by -h (don't prefix lines with filename) $REPORT_LINENUM=0; ## set true by -n (show line numbers) $VERBOSE=0; ## set to a value by -v, -vv, etc. (verbose messages) $WHY=0; ## set true by -why, -vvv+ (report why skipped) $XDEV=0; ## set true by -xdev (stay on one filesystem) $all=0; ## set true by -all (don't skip many kinds of files) $iflag = ''; ## set to 'i' by -i (ignore case); $norc=0; ## set by -norc (don't load rc file) $showrc=0; ## set by -showrc (show what happens with rc file) $underlineOK=0; ## set true by -u (watch for underline stuff) $words=0; ## set true by -w (match whole-words only) $MARK=''; ## set by -bold (-red, etc.). Does ANSI markup. $literal=0; ## set by -F -- "regex" args taken as literal strings $retval=1; ## will set to 0 if we find anything. $DESCEND_SUBDIRECTORIES=1;## set to false by -depth=0 $WINDOWS=0; ## under windows? $USE_INODES=1; ## are inodes valid? ## various elements of stat() that we might access $STAT_DEV = 1; $STAT_INODE = 2; $STAT_MTIME = 9; $VV_PRINT_COUNT = 50; ## with -vv, print every VV_PRINT_COUNT files, or... $VV_SIZE = 1024*1024; ## ...every VV_SIZE bytes searched $vv_print = $vv_size = 0; ## running totals. ## set default options, in case the rc file wants them $opt{'TTY'}= 1 if -t STDOUT; ## want to know this for debugging message stuff $STDERR_IS_TTY = -t STDERR ? 1 : 0; $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT = ($STDERR_IS_TTY && -t STDOUT) ? 1 : 0; $0 =~ s,.*/,,; ## clean up $0 for any diagnostics we'll be printing. } ## ## Check arguments. ## sub check_args { while (@ARGV && $ARGV[0] =~ m/^-/) { $arg = shift(@ARGV); if ($arg eq '-version' || ($VERBOSE && $arg eq '-help')) { print qq/Jeffrey\'s file search, version "$version".\n/; exit(0) unless $arg eq '-help'; } if ($arg eq '-help') { print < # days ago (-# for < # days old) -newer FILE consider files modified more recently than FILE (also -older) -name GLOB consider files whose name matches pattern (also -regex). -skip GLOB opposite of -name: identifies files to not consider. -path GLOB like -name, but for files whose whole path is described. -dpath/-dregex/-dskip versions for selecting or pruning directories. -all don\'t skip any files marked to be skipped by the startup file. -x (see manual, and/or try -showrc). -why report why a file isn\'t checked (also implied by -vvvv). OPTIONS TELLING WHAT TO DO WITH FILES THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED: -f | -find just list files (PerlRegex ignored). Default is to grep them. -ff | -ffind Does a faster -find (implies -find -all -dorep) OPTIONS CONTROLLING HOW THE SEARCH IS DONE (AND WHAT IS PRINTED): -F | -lit "regex" args taken as literal strings (like fgrep) -R | -regex undoes -F -- regex ares really are perl regexes -l | -list only list files with matches, not the lines themselves. -nice | -nnice print more "human readable" output. -bold | -red mark found items (various colors supported) -n prefix each output line with its line number in the file. -h don\'t prefix output lines with file name. -u also look "inside" manpage-style underlined text -i do case-insensitive searching. -w match words only (as defined by perl\'s \\b). OTHER OPTIONS: -v, -vv, -vvv various levels of message verbosity. -e end of options (in case a regex looks like an option). -showrc show what the rc file sets, then exit. -norc don\'t load the rc file. -dorep check files with multiple hard links multiple times. -win necessary if running under Windows 95. INLINE_LITERAL_TEXT print "Use -v -help for more verbose help.\n" unless $VERBOSE; print "This script file is also a man page.\n" unless $stripped; print < $time; } next; } if ($arg =~ m/-mtime/) { $! = 2, die "$0: expecting numerical arg to -$arg\n" unless @ARGV; local($days) = shift(@ARGV); $! = 2, die qq/$0: inappropriate arg ($days) to $arg\n/ if $days==0; $days *= 3600 * 24; if ($days < 0) { local($time) = $^T + $days; $NEWER = $time if $NEWER < $time; } else { local($time) = $^T - $days; $OLDER = $time if $OLDER == 0 || $OLDER > $time; } next; } ## special user options if ($arg =~ m/^-x(.+)/) { foreach (split(/[\s,]+/, $1)) { $user_opt{$_} = $opt{$_}= 1; } next; } $! = 2, die "$0: unknown arg [$arg]\n"; } $DOMARK = defined($mark) ? 1 : 0; } ## ## Given a filename glob, return a regex. ## If the glob has no globbing chars (no * ? or [..]), then ## prepend an effective '*' to it. ## sub glob_to_regex { local($glob) = @_; local(@parts) = $glob =~ m/\\.|[*?]|\[]?[^]]*]|[^[\\*?]+/g; local($trueglob)=0; foreach (@parts) { if ($_ eq '*' || $_ eq '?') { $_ = ".$_"; $trueglob=1; ## * and ? are a real glob } elsif (substr($_, 0, 1) eq '[') { $trueglob=1; ## [..] is a real glob } else { s/^\\//; ## remove any leading backslash; s/(\W)/\\$1/g; ## now quote anything dangerous; } } unshift(@parts, '.*') unless $trueglob; join('', '^', @parts, q/$/); } sub prepare_to_search { local($rc_file) = @_; $HEADER_BYTES=0; ## Might be set nonzero in &read_rc; $last_message_length = 0; ## For &message and &clear_message. &read_rc($rc_file, $showrc) unless $norc; exit(0) if $showrc; $NEXT_DIR_ENTRY = $DO_SORT ? 'shift @files' : 'readdir(DIR)'; $WHY = 1 if $VERBOSE > 3; ## Arg -vvvv or above implies -why. @todo = ('.') if @todo == 0; ## Where we'll start looking ## see if any user options were specified that weren't accounted for foreach $opt (keys %user_opt) { next if defined $seen_opt{$opt}; warn "warning: -x$opt never considered.\n"; } die "$0: multiple time constraints exclude all possible files.\n" if ($NEWER && $OLDER) && ($NEWER > $OLDER); ## ## Process any -skip/-iskip args that had been given ## local(@skip_test); foreach $glob (keys %skip) { $i = defined($iskip{$glob}) ? 'i': ''; push(@skip_test, '$name =~ m/'. &glob_to_regex($glob). "/$i"); } if (@skip_test) { $SKIP_TEST = join('||',@skip_test); $DO_SKIP_TEST = 1; } else { $DO_SKIP_TEST = $SKIP_TEST = 0; } ## ## Process any -dskip/-idskip args that had been given ## local(@dskip_test); foreach $glob (keys %dskip) { $i = defined($idskip{$glob}) ? 'i': ''; push(@dskip_test, '$name =~ m/'. &glob_to_regex($glob). "/$i"); } if (@dskip_test) { $DSKIP_TEST = join('||',@dskip_test); $DO_DSKIP_TEST = 1; } else { $DO_DSKIP_TEST = $DSKIP_TEST = 0; } ## ## Process any -name, -path, -regex, etc. args that had been given. ## undef @name_test; undef @dname_test; foreach $key (keys %name) { local($type, $pat) = split(/,/, $key, 2); local($i) = defined($iname{$key}) ? 'i' : ''; if ($type =~ /regex/) { $pat =~ s/!/\\!/g; $test = "\$name =~ m!^$pat\$!$i"; } else { local($var) = $type eq 'name' ? '$name' : '$file'; $test = "$var =~ m/". &glob_to_regex($pat). "/$i"; } if ($type =~ m/^-i?d/) { push(@dname_test, $test); } else { push(@name_test, $test); } } if (@name_test) { $GLOB_TESTS = join('||', @name_test); $DO_GLOB_TESTS = 1; } else { $GLOB_TESTS = $DO_GLOB_TESTS = 0; } if (@dname_test) { $DGLOB_TESTS = join('||', @dname_test); $DO_DGLOB_TESTS = 1; } else { $DGLOB_TESTS = $DO_DGLOB_TESTS = 0; } ## ## Process any 'magic' things from the startup file. ## if (@magic_tests && $HEADER_BYTES) { ## the $magic' one is for when &dodir is not inlined $tests = join('||',@magic_tests); $MAGIC_TESTS = "{ package magic; \$val = ($tests) }"; $DO_MAGIC_TESTS = 1; } else { $MAGIC_TESTS = 1; $DO_MAGIC_TESTS = 0; } ## ## Prepare regular expressions. ## { local(@regex_tests); local(@mark_commands); if ($LIST_ONLY) { $mflag = ''; ## need to have $* set, but perl5 just won't shut up about it. if ($] >= 5) { $mflag = 'm'; } else { eval ' $* = 1 '; } } ## ## Until I figure out a better way to deal with it, ## We have to worry about a regex like [^xyz] when doing $LIST_ONLY. ## Such a regex *will* match \n, and if I'm pulling in multiple ## lines, it can allow lines to match that would otherwise not match. ## ## Therefore, if there is a '[^' in a regex, we can NOT take a chance ## and use the fast listonly. ## $CAN_USE_FAST_LISTONLY = $LIST_ONLY; local(@extra, $orig); local($underline_glue) = ($] >= 5) ? '(:?_\cH)?' : '(_\cH)?'; while (@ARGV) { $regex = shift(@ARGV); if ($literal) { $orig = $regex if $literal; $regex =~ s/(\W)/\\$1/g; ## quote everything } else { ## try to be smart about a $ in the regex. If it looks ## like an end-of-line metacharacter, we'll leave it. ## Otherwise, escape it so that it has no variable ## substutition $regex =~ s/(.?)\$([^)|])/ $1 eq '\\' ? $& : "$1\\\$$2"/eg; ## quote some $ if ($] >= 5) { $regex =~ s/\@/\\@/g; ## quote @ } } if ($DOMARK) { local($tmp) = $regex; $tmp =~ s,/,\/,g; $tmp = join($tmp, '\b(', ')\b') if $words; push(@mark_commands, "s/($tmp)/$mark\$1\e[m/g$iflag"); } ## ## If watching for underlined things too, add another regex. ## if ($underlineOK) { if ($regex =~ m/[?*+{}()\\.|^\$[]/) { warn "$0: warning, can't underline-safe ``$regex''.\n"; } else { $regex = join($underline_glue, split(//, $regex)); } } ## If nothing special in the regex, just use index... ## is quite a bit faster. if (($iflag eq '') && ($words == 0) && ($literal || $regex !~ m/[?*+{}()\\.|^\$[]/)) { $regex = $orig if $literal; push(@regex_tests, "(index(\$_, q\001$regex\001)>=0)"); } else { #$regex =~ s!([\$\@\/]\w)!\\$1!g; if ($words) { if ($regex =~ m/\|/) { ## could be dangerous -- see if we can wrap in parens. if ($regex =~ m/\\\d/) { warn "warning: -w and a | in a regex is dangerous.\n" } else { $regex = join($regex, '(', ')'); } } $regex = join($regex, '\b', '\b'); } $CAN_USE_FAST_LISTONLY = 0 if substr($regex, "[^") >= 0; push(@regex_tests, "m'$regex'$iflag$mflag"); } ## If we're done, but still have @extra to do, get set for that. if (@ARGV == 0 && @extra) { @ARGV = @extra; ## now deal with the extra stuff. $underlineOK = 0; ## but no more of this. undef @extra; ## or this. } } if (@regex_tests) { $REGEX_TEST = join('||', @regex_tests); ## print STDERR $REGEX_TEST, "\n"; exit; } else { ## must be doing -find -- just give something syntactically correct. $REGEX_TEST = 1; } if ($DOMARK) { $MARK = join(';', @mark_commands); } } ## ## Make sure we can read the first item(s). ## foreach $start (@todo) { $! = 2, die qq/$0: can\'t stat "$start"\n/ unless ($dev,$inode) = (stat($start))[$STAT_DEV,$STAT_INODE]; if (defined $dir_done{"$dev,$inode"}) { ## ignore the repeat. warn(qq/ignoring "$start" (same as "$dir_done{"$dev,$inode"}").\n/) if $VERBOSE; next; } ## if -xdev was given, remember the device. $xdev{$dev} = 1 if $XDEV; ## Note that we won't want to do it again $dir_done{"$dev,$inode"} = $start; } } ## ## See the comment above the __END__ above the 'sub dodir' below. ## sub import_program { sub bad { print STDERR "$0: internal error (@_)\n"; exit 2; } ## Read from data, up to next __END__. This will be &dodir. local($/) = "\n__END__"; $prog = ; close(DATA); ## Inline uppercase $-variables by their current values, removing ## any preceeding eval if applicable if ($] >= 5) { eval ' $prog =~ s/(?:\beval\s*)?\$([A-Z][A-Z0-9_]{2,}\b)/ &bad($1) if !defined ${$main::{$1}}; ${$main::{$1}};/eg; '; } else { $prog =~ s/(\beval\s*)?\$([A-Z][A-Z0-9_]{2,}\b)/local(*VAR) = $_main{$2}; &bad($2) if !defined $VAR; $VAR;/eg; } eval $prog; ## now do it. This will define &dodir; $!=2, die "$0 internal error: $@\n" if $@; } ########################################################################### ## ## Read the .search file: ## Blank lines and lines that are only #-comments ignored. ## Newlines may be escaped to create long lines ## Other lines are directives. ## ## A directive may begin with an optional tag in the form <...> ## Things inside the <...> are evaluated as with: ## <(this || that) && must> ## will be true if ## -xmust -xthis or -xmust -xthat ## were specified on the command line (order doesn't matter, though) ## A directive is not done if there is a tag and it's false. ## Any characters but whitespace and &|()>,! may appear after an -x ## (although "-xdev" is special). -xmust,this is the same as -xmust -xthis. ## Something like -x~ would make <~> true, and false. ## ## Directives are in the form: ## filter: EXPR : "command" ## option: STRING ## magic : NUMBYTES : EXPR ## ## With option: ## The STRING is parsed like a Bourne shell command line, and the ## options are used as if given on the command line. ## No comments are allowed on 'option' lines. ## Examples: ## # skip objects and libraries ## option: -skip '.o .a' ## # skip emacs *~ and *# files, unless -x~ given: ## option: -skip '~ #' ## ## With magic: ## EXPR can be pretty much any perl (comments allowed!). ## If it evaluates to true for any particular file, it is skipped. ## The only info you'll have about a file is the variable $H, which ## will have at least the first NUMBYTES of the file (less if the file ## is shorter than that, of course, and maybe more). You'll also have ## any variables you set in previous 'magic' lines. ## Examples: ## magic: 6 : ($x6 = substr($H, 0, 6)) eq 'GIF87a' ## magic: 6 : $x6 eq 'GIF89a' ## ## magic: 6 : (($x6 = substr($H, 0, 6)) eq 'GIF87a' ## old gif \ ## || $x6 eq 'GIF89a' ## new gif ## (the above two sets are the same) ## ## Check the first 32 bytes for "binarish" looking bytes. ## ## Don't blindly dump on any high-bit set, as non-ASCII text ## ## often has them set. \x80 and \xff seem to be special, though. ## ## Require two in a row to not get things like perl's $^T. ## ## This is known to get *.Z, *.gz, pkzip, *.elc and about any ## ## executable you'll find. ## magic: 32 : $H =~ m/[\x00-\x06\x10-\x1a\x1c-\x1f\x80\xff]{2}/ ## sub read_rc { local($file, $show) = @_; local($line_num, $ln, $tag) = 0; local($use_default, @default) = 0; { package magic; $ = 0; } ## turn off warnings for when we run EXPR's unless (open(RC, "$file")) { $use_default=1; $file = ""; ## no RC file -- use this default. @default = split(/\n/,<<'--------INLINE_LITERAL_TEXT'); magic: 32 : $H =~ m/[\x00-\x06\x10-\x1a\x1c-\x1f\x80\xff]{2}/ filter: $N =~ m/\.(gz|Z)$/ : "zcat %" option: -skip '.a .COM .elc .EXE .o .pbm .xbm .dvi' option: -iskip '.tarz .zip .lzh .jpg .jpeg .gif .uu' option: -skip '~ #' --------INLINE_LITERAL_TEXT } ## ## Make an eval error pretty. ## sub clean_eval_error { local($_) = @_; s/ in file \(eval\) at line \d+,//g; ## perl4-style error s/ at \(eval \d+\) line \d+,//g; ## perl5-style error s/\n[\x00-\xff]*//; ## remove all but first line "$_\n"; } print "reading RC file: $file\n" if $show; while ($_ = ($use_default ? shift(@default) : )) { $ln = ++$line_num; ## note starting line num. $_ .= , $line_num++ while s/\\\n?$/\n/; ## allow continuations next if /^\s*(#.*)?$/; ## skip blank or comment-only lines. $do = ''; ## look for an initial <...> tag. if (s/^\s*<([^>]*)>//) { ## This simple s// will make the tag ready to eval. ($tag = $msg = $1) =~ s/([^\s&|(!)]+)/ $seen_opt{$1}=1; ## note seen option "defined(\$opt{q>$1>})" ## (q>> is safe quoting here) /eg; ## see if the tag is true or not, abort this line if not. $dothis = (eval $tag); $!=2, die "$file $ln <$msg>: $_".&clean_eval_error($@) if $@; if ($show) { $msg =~ s/([^\s&|(!)]+)/-x$1/; $msg =~ s/\s*!\s*/ no /g; $msg =~ s/\s*&&\s*/ and /g; $msg =~ s/\s*\|\|\s*/ or /g; $msg =~ s/^\s+//; $msg =~ s/\s+$//; $do = $dothis ? "(doing because $msg)" : "(do if $msg)"; } elsif (!$dothis) { next; } } if (m/^\s*filter\s*:(.*):\s*"(.*)\s*"\s*$/) { local($expr, $cmd) = ($1, $2); eval "local(\$^W) = 0; $expr; 1"; die "$file $ln: ".&clean_eval_error($@) if $@; $filter_cmd{$expr} = $cmd; next; } if (m/^\s*option\s*:\s*(.*)/) { next if $all && !$show; ## -all turns off these checks; local($_) = $1; s/\n$//; local($orig) = $_; print " $do option: $_\n" if $show; local($0) = "$0 ($file)"; ## for any error message. local(@ARGV); local($this); ## ## Parse $_ as a Bourne shell line -- fill @ARGV ## while (length) { if (s/^\s+//) { push(@ARGV, $this) if defined $this; undef $this; next; } $this = '' if !defined $this; $this .= $1 while s/^\'([^\']*)\'// || s/^\"([^\"]*)\"// || s/^([^\'\"\s\\]+)//|| s/^(\\[\D\d])//; die "$file $ln: error parsing $orig at $_\n" if m/^\S/; } push(@ARGV, $this) if defined $this; &check_args; die qq/$file $ln: unused arg "@ARGV".\n/ if @ARGV; next; } if (m/^\s*magic\s*:\s*(\d+)\s*:\s*(.*)/) { next if $all && !$show; ## -all turns off these checks; local($bytes, $check) = ($1, $2); if ($show) { $check =~ s/\n?$/\n/; print " $do contents: $check"; } ## Check to make sure the thing at least compiles. eval "package magic; (\$H = '1'x \$main'bytes) && (\n$check\n)\n"; $! = 2, die "$file $ln: ".&clean_eval_error($@) if $@; $HEADER_BYTES = $bytes if $bytes > $HEADER_BYTES; push(@magic_tests, "(\n$check\n)"); next; } $! = 2, die "$file $ln: unknown command\n"; } close(RC); } sub message { if (!$STDERR_IS_TTY) { print STDERR $_[0], "\n"; } else { local($text) = @_; $thislength = length($text); if ($thislength >= $last_message_length) { print STDERR $text, "\r"; } else { print STDERR $text, ' 'x ($last_message_length-$thislength),"\r"; } $last_message_length = $thislength; } } sub clear_message { print STDERR ' ' x $last_message_length, "\r" if $last_message_length; $vv_print = $vv_size = $last_message_length = 0; } ## ## Output a copy of this program with comments, extra whitespace, and ## the trailing man page removed. On an ultra slow machine, such a copy ## might load faster (but I can't tell any difference on my machine). ## sub strip { seek(DATA, 0, 0) || die "$0: can't reset internal pointer.\n"; while() { print, next if /INLINE_LITERAL_TEXT/.../INLINE_LITERAL_TEXT/; ## must mention INLINE_LITERAL_TEXT on this line! s/\#\#.*|^\s+|\s+$//; ## remove cruft last if $_ eq '.00'; next if ($_ eq '') || ($_ eq "'di'") || ($_ eq "'ig00'"); s/\$stripped=0;/\$stripped=1;/; s/\s\s+/ /; ## squish multiple whitespaces down to one. print $_, "\n"; } exit(0); } ## ## Just to shut up -w. Never executed. ## sub dummy { 1 || &dummy || &dir_done || &bad || &message || $NEXT_DIR_ENTRY || $VV_SIZE || $VV_PRINT_COUNT || $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT || @files || @files || $magic'H || $magic'H || $magic'val || $magic'val || $filter_cmd{1} || $xdev{''} || $MARK; } ## ## If the following __END__ is in place, what follows will be ## inlined when the program first starts up. Any $ variable name ## all in upper case, specifically, any string matching ## \$([A-Z][A-Z0-9_]{2,}\b ## will have the true value for that variable inlined. Also, any 'eval' ## immediately preceeding one of the inlined variables is removed. ## ## ## The idea is that when the whole thing is then eval'ed to define &dodir, ## the perl optimizer will make all the decisions that are based upon ## command-line options (such as $VERBOSE), since they'll be inlined as ## constants ## ## Also, and here's the big win, the tests for matching the regex, and a ## few others, are all inlined. Should be blinding speed here. ## ## See the read from above for where all this takes place. ## But all-in-all, you *want* the __END__ here. Comment it out only for ## debugging.... ## __END__ ## ## Given a directory, check all "appropriate" files in it. ## Shove any subdirectories into the global @todo, so they'll be done ## later. ## ## Be careful about adding any upper-case variables, as they are subject ## to being inlined. See comments above the __END__ above. ## sub dodir { local($dir) = @_; $dir =~ s,/+$,,; ## remove any trailing slash. unless (opendir(DIR, "$dir/.")) { &clear_message if $VERBOSE && $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT; warn qq($0: can\'t opendir "$dir/".\n); return; } if ($VERBOSE) { &message($dir); $vv_print = $vv_size = 0; } @files = sort readdir(DIR) if $DO_SORT; while (defined($name = eval $NEXT_DIR_ENTRY)) { next if $name eq '.' || $name eq '..'; ## never follow these. ## create full relative pathname. $file = $dir eq '.' ? $name : "$dir/$name"; ## if link and skipping them, do so. if ($NOLINKS && -l $file) { warn qq/skip (symlink): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } ## skip things unless files or directories unless (-f $file || -d _) { if ($WHY) { $why = (-S _ && "socket") || (-p _ && "pipe") || (-b _ && "block special")|| (-c _ && "char special") || "somekinda special"; warn qq/skip ($why): $file\n/; } next; } ## skip things we can't read unless (-r _) { if ($WHY) { $why = (-l $file) ? "follow" : "read"; warn qq/skip (can\'t $why): $file\n/; } next; } ## skip things that are empty if (!$WINDOWS) { # -s fails for all dirs under Windows # or should we just put the -d test before this? unless (-s _) { warn qq/skip (empty): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } } ## Note file device & inode. If -xdev, skip if appropriate. ($dev, $inode) = (stat(_))[$STAT_DEV, $STAT_INODE]; if ($XDEV && defined $xdev{$dev}) { warn qq/skip (other device): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } $id = "$dev,$inode" if $USE_INODES; ## special work for a directory if (-d _) { if ($DESCEND_SUBDIRECTORIES == 0) { warn qq/skip (-depth): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } ## Do checks for directory file endings. if ($DO_DSKIP_TEST && (eval $DSKIP_TEST)) { warn qq/skip (-dskip): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } ## do checks for -name/-regex/-path tests if ($DO_DGLOB_TESTS && !(eval $DGLOB_TESTS)) { warn qq/skip (dirname): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } if ($USE_INODES) { ## _never_ redo a directory if (defined $dir_done{$id}) { warn qq/skip (did as "$dir_done{$id}"): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } $dir_done{$id} = $file; ## mark it done. } unshift(@todo, $file); ## add to the list to do. next; } if ($WHY == 0 && $VERBOSE > 1) { if ($VERBOSE>2||$vv_print++>$VV_PRINT_COUNT||($vv_size+=-s _)>$VV_SIZE){ &message($file); $vv_print = $vv_size = 0; } } ## do time-related tests if ($NEWER || $OLDER) { $_ = (stat(_))[$STAT_MTIME]; if ($NEWER && $_ < $NEWER) { warn qq/skip (too old): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } if ($OLDER && $_ > $OLDER) { warn qq/skip (too new): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } } ## do checks for file endings if ($DO_SKIP_TEST && (eval $SKIP_TEST)) { warn qq/skip (-skip): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } ## do checks for -name/-regex/-path tests if ($DO_GLOB_TESTS && !(eval $GLOB_TESTS)) { warn qq/skip (filename): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } ## If we're not repeating files, ## skip this one if we've done it, or note we're doing it. unless ($DOREP) { if (defined $file_done{$id}) { warn qq/skip (did as "$file_done{$id}"): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } $file_done{$id} = $file; } undef $filter; foreach $expr (keys %filter_cmd) { next unless eval "{ package filter; \$N = \$main'file; { $expr }}"; $filter = $filter_cmd{$expr}; $filter .= " $file" unless $filter =~ s/%/$file/g; last; } if ($DO_MAGIC_TESTS && !$filter) { if (!open(FILE_IN, $file)) { &clear_message if $VERBOSE && $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT; warn qq/$0: can\'t open: $file\n/; next; } unless (read(FILE_IN, $magic'H, $HEADER_BYTES)) {#' &clear_message if $VERBOSE && $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT; warn qq/$0: can\'t read from "$file"\n/; close(FILE_IN); next; } eval $MAGIC_TESTS; if ($magic'val) {#' close(FILE_IN); warn qq/skip (magic): $file\n/ if $WHY; next; } seek(FILE_IN, 0, 0); ## reset for later } if ($WHY != 0 && $VERBOSE > 1) { if ($VERBOSE>2||$vv_print++>$VV_PRINT_COUNT||($vv_size+=-s _)>$VV_SIZE){ &message($file); $vv_print = $vv_size = 0; } } if ($FIND_ONLY) { &clear_message if $VERBOSE && $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT; print $file, "\n"; $retval=0; ## we've found something close(FILE_IN) if $DO_MAGIC_TESTS; next; } else { ## if we weren't doing magic tests, file won't be open yet... if ($filter) { if (!open(FILE_IN, "$filter|")) { &clear_message if $VERBOSE && $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT; warn qq/$0: can\'t open filter: $filter\n/; next; } }elsif (!$DO_MAGIC_TESTS && !open(FILE_IN, $file)) { &clear_message if $VERBOSE && $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT; warn qq/$0: can\'t open: $file\n/; next; } if ($LIST_ONLY && $CAN_USE_FAST_LISTONLY) { ## ## This is rather complex, but buys us a LOT when we're just ## listing files and not the individual internal lines. ## local($size) = 4096; ## block-size in which to do reads local($nl); ## will point to $_'s ending newline. local($read); ## will be how many bytes read. local($_) = ''; ## Starts out empty local($hold); ## (see below) while (($read = read(FILE_IN,$_,$size,length($_)))||length($_)) { undef @parts; ## if read a full block, but no newline, need to read more. while ($read == $size && ($nl = rindex($_, "\n")) < 0) { push(@parts, $_); ## save that part $read = read(FILE_IN, $_, $size); ## keep trying } ## ## If we had to save parts, must now combine them together. ## adjusting $nl to reflect the now-larger $_. This should ## be a lot more efficient than using any kind of .= in the ## loop above. ## if (@parts) { local($lastlen) = length($_); #only need if $nl >= 0 $_ = join('', @parts, $_); $nl = length($_) - ($lastlen - $nl) if $nl >= 0; } ## ## If we're at the end of the file, then we can use $_ as ## is. Otherwise, we need to remove the final partial-line ## and save it so that it'll be at the beginning of the ## next read (where the rest of the line will be layed in ## right after it). $hold will be what we should save ## until next time. ## if ($read != $size || $nl < 0) { $hold = ''; } else { $hold = substr($_, $nl + 1); substr($_, $nl + 1) = ''; } ## ## Now have a bunch of full lines in $_. Use it. ## if (eval $REGEX_TEST) { &clear_message if $VERBOSE && $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT; print $file, "\n"; $retval=0; ## we've found something last; } ## Prepare for next read.... $_ = $hold; } } else { ## else not using faster block scanning..... $lines_printed = 0 if $NICE; while () { study; next unless (eval $REGEX_TEST); ## ## We found a matching line. ## $retval=0; &clear_message if $VERBOSE && $STDERR_SCREWS_STDOUT; if ($LIST_ONLY) { print $file, "\n"; last; } else { ## prepare to print line. if ($NICE && $lines_printed++ == 0) { print '-' x 70, "\n" if $NICE > 1; print $file, ":\n"; } ## ## Print all the prelim stuff. This looks less efficient ## than it needs to be, but that's so that when the eval ## is compiled (and the tests are optimized away), the ## result will be less actual PRINTs than the more natural ## way of doing these tests.... ## if ($NICE) { if ($REPORT_LINENUM) { print " line $.: "; } else { print " "; } } elsif ($REPORT_LINENUM && $PREPEND_FILENAME) { print "$file:$.: "; } elsif ($PREPEND_FILENAME) { print "$file: "; } elsif ($REPORT_LINENUM) { print "$.: "; } if ($DOMARK) { eval $MARK; } print $_; print "\n" unless m/\n$/; } } print "\n" if ($NICE > 1) && $lines_printed; } close(FILE_IN); } } closedir(DIR); } __END__ .00 'di .nr nl 0-1 \" fake up transition to first page again .nr % 0 \" start at page 1 .\"__________________NORMAL_MAN_PAGE_BELOW_________________ .ll +10n .TH search 1 "Dec 17, 1994" .SH SEARCH search \- search files (a'la grep) in a whole directory tree. .SH SYNOPSIS search [ grep-like and find-like options] [regex ....] .SH DESCRIPTION .I Search is more or less a combo of 'find' and 'grep' (although the regular expression flavor is that of the perl being used, which is closer to egrep's than grep's). .I Search does generally the same kind of thing that .nf find | xargs egrep .fi does, but is .I much more powerful and efficient (and intuitive, I think). This manual describes .I search as of version "960325.7". You can always find the latest version at .nf http://www.wg.omron.co.jp/~jfriedl/perl/index.html .fi .SH "QUICK EXAMPLE" Basic use is simple: .nf % search jeff .fi will search files in the current directory, and all sub directories, for files that have "jeff" in them. The lines will be listed with the containing file's name prepended. .PP If you list more than one regex, such as with .nf % search jeff Larry Randal+ 'Stoc?k' 'C.*son' .fi then a line containing any of the regexes will be listed. This makes it effectively the same as .nf % search 'jeff|Larry|Randal+|Stoc?k|C.*son' .fi However, listing them separately is much more efficient (and is easier to type). .PP Note that in the case of these examples, the .B \-w (list whole-words only) option would be useful. And if your terminal supports ANSI escape sequences, you can use .B \-bold to higlight the items found. Furthermore, if your display supports color as well, you can use .BR \-red , .BR \-green , .BR \-yellow , etc. instead to have the searched items marked with the given color. .PP Normally, various kinds of files are automatically removed from consideration. If it has has a certain ending (such as ".tar", ".Z", ".o", .etc), or if the beginning of the file looks like a binary, it'll be excluded. You can control exactly how this works -- see below. One quick way to override this is to use the .B \-all option, which means to consider all the files that would normally be automatically excluded. Or, if you're curious, you can use .B \-why to have notes about what files are skipped (and why) printed to stderr. .SH "BASIC OVERVIEW" Normally, the search starts in the current directory, considering files in all subdirectories. You can use the .I ~/.search file to control ways to automatically exclude files. If you don't have this file, a default one will kick in, which automatically add .nf -skip .o .Z .gif .fi (among others) to exclude those kinds of files (which you probably want to skip when searching for text, as is normal). Files that look to be be binary will also be excluded. Files ending with "#" and "~" will also be excluded unless the .B -x~ option is given. You can use .B -showrc to show what kinds of files will normally be skipped. See the section on the startup file for more info. You can use the .B -all option to indicate you want to consider all files that would otherwise be skipped by the startup file. Based upon various other flags (see "WHICH FILES TO CONSIDER" below), more files might be removed from consideration. For example .nf -mtime 3 .fi will exclude files that aren't at least three days old (change the 3 to -3 to exclude files that are more than three days old), while .nf -skip .* .fi would exclude any file beginning with a dot (of course, '.' and '..' are special and always excluded). If you'd like to see what files are being excluded, and why, you can get the list via the .B \-why option. If a file makes it past all the checks, it is then "considered". This usually means it is greped for the regular expressions you gave on the command line. If any of the regexes match a line, the line is printed. However, if .B -list is given, just the filename is printed. Or, if .B -nice is given, a somewhat more (human-)readable output is generated. If you're searching a huge tree and want to keep informed about how the search is progressing, .B -v will print (to stderr) the current directory being searched. Using .B -vv will also print the current file "every so often", which could be useful if a directory is huge. Using .B -vvv will print the update with every file. Below is the full listing of options. .SH "OPTIONS TELLING *WHERE* TO SEARCH" .TP .BI -dir " DIR" Start searching at the named directory instead of the current directory. If multiple .B -dir arguments are given, multiple trees will be searched. .TP .BI -ddir " DIR" Like .B -dir except it flushes any previous .B -dir directories (i.e. "-dir A -dir B -dir C" will search A, B, and C, while "-dir A -ddir B -dir C" will search only B and C. This might be of use in the startup file (see that section below). .TP .B -xdev Stay on the same filesystem as the starting directory/directories. .TP .B -sort Sort the items in a directory before processing them. Normally they are processed in whatever order they happen to be read from the directory. .TP .B -nolinks Don't follow symbolic links. Normally they're followed. .TP .B -depth=0 Don't descend into subdirectories. Only a depth of 0 currently supported. .SH "OPTIONS CONTROLLING WHICH FILES TO CONSIDER AND EXCLUDE" .TP .BI -mtime " NUM" Only consider files that were last changed more than .I NUM days ago (less than .I NUM days if .I NUM has '-' prepended, i.e. "-mtime -2.5" means to consider files that have been changed in the last two and a half days). .TP .B -older FILE Only consider files that have not changed since .I FILE was last changed. If there is any upper case in the "-older", "or equal" is added to the sense of the test. Therefore, "search -older ./file regex" will never consider "./file", while "search -Older ./file regex" will. If a file is a symbolic link, the time used is that of the file and not the link. .TP .BI -newer " FILE" Opposite of .BR -older . .TP .BI -name " GLOB" Only consider files that match the shell filename pattern .IR GLOB . The check is only done on a file's name (use .B -path to check the whole path, and use .B -dname to check directory names). Multiple specifications can be given by separating them with spaces, a'la .nf -name '*.c *.h' .fi to consider C source and header files. If .I GLOB doesn't contain any special pattern characters, a '*' is prepended. This last example could have been given as .nf -name '.c .h' .fi It could also be given as .nf -name .c -name .h .fi or .nf -name '*.c' -name '*.h' .fi or .nf -name '*.[ch]' .fi (among others) but in this last case, you have to be sure to supply the leading '*'. .TP .BI -path " GLOB" Like .B -name except the entire path is checked against the pattern. .TP .B -regex " REGEX" Considers files whose names (not paths) match the given perl regex exactly. .TP .BI -iname " GLOB" Case-insensitive version of .BR -name . .TP .BI -ipath " GLOB" Case-insensitive version of .BR -path . .TP .BI -iregex " REGEX" Case-insensitive version of .BR -regex . .TP .BI -dpath " GLOB" Only search down directories whose path matches the given pattern (this doesn't apply to the initial directory given by .BI -dir , of course). Something like .nf -dir /usr/man -dpath /usr/man/man* .fi would completely skip "/usr/man/cat1", "/usr/man/cat2", etc. .TP .BI -dskip " GLOB" Skips directories whose name (not path) matches the given pattern. Something like .nf -dir /usr/man -dskip cat* .fi would completely skip any directory in the tree whose name begins with "cat" (including "/usr/man/cat1", "/usr/man/cat2", etc.). .TP .BI -dregex " REGEX" Like .BI -dpath , but the pattern is a full perl regex. Note that this quite different from .B -regex which considers only file names (not paths). This option considers full directory paths (not just names). It's much more useful this way. Sorry if it's confusing. .TP .BI -dpath " GLOB" This option exists, but is probably not very useful. It probably wants to be like the '-below' or something I mention in the "TODO" section. .TP .BI -idpath " GLOB" Case-insensitive version of .BR -dpath . .TP .BI -idskip " GLOB" Case-insensitive version of .BR -dskip . .TP .BI -idregex " REGEX" Case-insensitive version of .BR -dregex . .TP .B -all Ignore any 'magic' or 'option' lines in the startup file. The effect is that all files that would otherwise be automatically excluded are considered. .TP .BI -x SPECIAL Arguments starting with .B -x (except .BR -xdev , explained elsewhere) do special interaction with the .I ~/.search startup file. Something like .nf -xflag1 -xflag2 .fi will turn on "flag1" and "flag2" in the startup file (and is the same as "-xflag1,flag2"). You can use this to write your own rules for what kinds of files are to be considered. For example, the internal-default startup file contains the line .nf option: -skip '~ #' .fi This means that if the .B -x~ flag is .I not seen, the option .nf -skip '~ #' .fi should be done. The effect is that emacs temp and backup files are not normally considered, but you can included them with the -x~ flag. You can write your own rules to customize .I search in powerful ways. See the STARTUP FILE section below. .TP .B -why Print a message (to stderr) when and why a file is not considered. .SH "OPTIONS TELLING WHAT TO DO WITH FILES THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED" .TP \fB-find\fP or \fB-b\fP This option changes the basic action of .IR search . Normally, if a file is considered, it is searched for the regular expressions as described earlier. However, if this option is given, the filename is printed and no searching takes place. This turns .I search into a 'find' of some sorts. In this case, no regular expressions are needed on the command line (any that are there are silently ignored). This is not intended to be a replacement for the 'find' program, but to aid you in understanding just what files are getting past the exclusion checks. If you really want to use it as a sort of replacement for the 'find' program, you might want to use .B -all so that it doesn't waste time checking to see if the file is binary, etc (unless you really want that, of course). If you use .BR -find , none of the "GREP-LIKE OPTIONS" (below) matter. As a replacement for 'find', .I search is probably a bit slower (or in the case of GNU find, a lot slower -- GNU find is .I unbelievably fast). However, "search -ffind" might be more useful than 'find' when options such as .B -skip are used (at least until 'find' gets such functionality). .TP \fB-ffind\fP or \fB-ff\fP A faster more 'find'-like find. Does .nf -find -all -dorep .fi .SH "GREP-LIKE OPTIONS" These options control how a searched file is accessed, and how things are printed. .TP \fB-F\fP or \fB-lit\fP Causes arguments to be taken as literal text rather than as perl regular expressions. .TP \fB-R\fP or \fB-regex\fP Undoes .BR -T . Regex arguments are indeed taken as perl regular expressions. .TP .B -i Ignore letter case when matching. .TP .B -noi Don't ignore letter case when matching (useful for overriding a .B -i in the startup file) .TP .B -w Consider only whole-word matches ("whole word" as defined by perl's "\\b" regex). .TP .B -u If the regex(es) is/are simple, try to modify them so that they'll work in manpage-like underlined text (i.e. like _^Ht_^Hh_^Hi_^Hs). This is very rudimentary at the moment. .TP \fB-list\fP or \fB-l\fP .B -list Don't print matching lines, but the names of files that contain matching lines. This will likely be *much* faster, as special optimizations are made -- particularly with large files. .TP .B -n Pepfix each line by its line number. .TP .B -nice Not a grep-like option, but similar to .BR -list , so included here. .B -nice will have the output be a bit more human-readable, with matching lines printed slightly indented after the filename, a'la .nf % search foo somedir/somefile: line with foo in it somedir/somefile: some food for thought anotherdir/x: don't be a buffoon! % .fi will become .nf % search -nice foo somedir/somefile: line with foo in it some food for thought anotherdir/x: don't be a buffoon! % .fi This option due to Lionel Cons. .TP .B -nnice Be a bit nicer than .BR -nice . Prefix each file's output by a rule line, and follow with an extra blank line. .TP .B -h Don't prepend each output line with the name of the file (meaningless when .B -find or .B -l are given). .SH "OPTIONS WHICH INDICATE HOW TO DISPLAY" In addition to the .B \-nice and .B \-nnice from just above, you can use the following if your display supports ANSI escape sequences (most systems seem to). .TP .B \-bold Show the found items in reverse video. .TP .B \-red Show the found items in red. .TP .B \-green Show the found items in green. .TP .B \-yellow Show the found items in yellow. .TP .B \-blue Show the found items in blue. .TP .B \-cyan Show the found items in cyan. .TP .B \-white Show the found items in white. .TP .B \-black Show the found items in black. .SH "OTHER OPTIONS" .TP .B -help Print the usage information. .TP .B -version Print the version information and quit. .TP .B -v Set the level of message verbosity. .B -v will print a note whenever a new directory is entered. .B -vv will also print a note "every so often". This can be useful to see what's happening when searching huge directories. .B -vvv will print a new with every file. .B -vvvv is -vvv plus .BR -why . .TP .B -e This ends the options, and can be useful if the regex begins with '-'. .TP .B -showrc Shows what is being considered in the startup file, then exits. .TP .B -dorep Normally, an identical file won't be checked twice (even with multiple hard or symbolic links). If you're just trying to do a fast .BR -find , the bookkeeping to remember which files have been seen is not desirable, so you can eliminate the bookkeeping with this flag. .SH "STARTUP FILE" When .I search starts up, it processes the directives in .IR ~/.search . If no such file exists, a default internal version is used. The internal version looks like: .nf magic: 32 : $H =~ m/[\ex00-\ex06\ex10-\ex1a\ex1c-\ex1f\ex80\exff]{2}/ filter: $N =~ m/\.(gz|Z)$/ : "zcat %" option: -skip '.a .COM .elc .EXE .o .pbm .xbm .dvi' option: -iskip '.tarz .zip .lzh .jpg .jpeg .gif .uu' option: -skip '~ #' .fi If you wish to create your own "~/.search", you might consider copying the above, and then working from there. There are three kinds of directives in a startup file: "filter", "magic" and "option". .RS 0n .TP OPTION Option lines will automatically do the command-line options given. For example, the line .nf option: -v .fi in you startup file will turn on -v every time, without needing to type it on the command line. The text on the line after the "option:" directive is processed like the Bourne shell, so make sure to pay attention to quoting. .nf option: -skip .exe .com .fi will give an error (".com" by itself isn't a valid option), while .nf option: -skip ".exe .com" .fi will properly include it as part of -skip's argument. .TP MAGIC Magic lines are used to determine if a file should be considered a binary or not (the term "magic" refers to checking a file's magic number). These are described in more detail below. .TP FILTER Filter lines are used to apply a command to a file to get the text to search. The format of a .B FILTER line is: .nf filter : EXPRESSION: "command...." .fi where .I EXPRESSION is a perl expression used to determine if the filter should be applied to a given file (the file's name will be in the variable $N, but remember that files excluded via .BR -skip , etc., won't even be considered for a filter). If true, the .I COMMAND will be executed and its standard-output will be checked. ``\fB%\fP'' in the command string will be replace by the filename. The most common example would be to uncompress a file on the fly, i.e. .nf filter: $N =~ m/\.(gz|Z)$/ : "zcat %" .fi Note that had the ``\fBzcat\fP'' been ``\fBgunzip\fP'' instead, you'd uncompress your files in place instead of searching them, so take care when specifying a filter! If you're worried about mixing up GNU'z zcat with an old one, you might use seperate ones as with: .nf filter: $N =~ m/\.gz$/ : "/my/GNU/binaries/zcat %" filter: $N =~ m/\.Z$/ : "/the/non-GNU/binaries/zcat %" .fi Also note that when a filter is applied, the .B MAGIC section is ignored for the file (this can be considered a bug, so it might change in the future). .RE Blank lines and comments (lines beginning with '#') are allowed. If a line begins with <...>, then it's a check to see if the directive on the line should be done or not. The stuff inside the <...> can contain perl's && (and), || (or), ! (not), and parens for grouping, along with "flags" that might be indicated by the user with .BI -x flag options. For example, using "-xfoo" will cause "foo" to be true inside the <...> blocks. Therefore, a line beginning with "" would be done only when "-xfoo" had been specified, while a line beginning with "" would be done only when "-xfoo" is not specified (of course, a line without any <...> is done in either case). A realistic example might be .nf -vv .fi This will cause -vv messages to be the default, but allow "-xv" to override. There are a few flags that are set automatically: .RS .TP .B TTY true if the output is to the screen (as opposed to being redirected to a file). You can force this (as with all the other automatic flags) with -xTTY. .TP .B -v True if -v was specified. If -vv was specified, both .B -v and .B -vv flags are true (and so on). .TP .B -nice True if -nice was specified. Same thing about -nnice as for -vv. .PP .TP .B -list true if -list (or -l) was given. .TP .B -dir true if -dir was given. .RE Using this info, you might change the last example to .nf option: -vv .fi The added "&& !-v" means "and if the '-v' option not given". This will allow you to use "-v" alone on the command line, and not have this directive add the more verbose "-vv" automatically. .RS 0 Some other examples: .TP option: -dir ~/ Effectively make the default directory your home directory (instead of the current directory). Using -dir or -xhere will undo this. .TP option: -name .tex -dir ~/pub Create '-xtex' to search only "*.tex" files in your ~/pub directory tree. Actually, this could be made a bit better. If you combine '-xtex' and '-dir' on the command line, this directive will add ~/pub to the list, when you probably want to use the -dir directory only. You could do .nf option: -name .tex option: -dir ~/pub .fi to will allow '-xtex' to work as before, but allow a command-line "-dir" to take precedence with respect to ~/pub. .TP option: -nnice -sort -i -vvv Combine a few user-friendly options into one '-xfluff' option. .TP option: -ddir /usr/man -v -w When the '-xman' option is given, search "/usr/man" for whole-words (of whatever regex or regexes are given on the command line), with -v. .RE The lines in the startup file are executed from top to bottom, so something like .nf option: -xflag1 -xflag2 option: ...whatever... option: ...whatever... .fi will allow '-xboth' to be the same as '-xflag1 -xflag2' (or '-xflag1,flag2' for that matter). However, if you put the "" line below the others, they will not be true when encountered, so the result would be different (and probably undesired). The "magic" directives are used to determine if a file looks to be binary or not. The form of a magic line is .nf magic: \fISIZE\fP : \fIPERLCODE\fP .fi where .I SIZE is the number of bytes of the file you need to check, and .I PERLCODE is the code to do the check. Within .IR PERLCODE , the variable $H will hold at least the first .I SIZE bytes of the file (unless the file is shorter than that, of course). It might hold more bytes. The perl should evaluate to true if the file should be considered a binary. An example might be .nf magic: 6 : substr($H, 0, 6) eq 'GIF87a' .fi to test for a GIF ("-iskip .gif" is better, but this might be useful if you have images in files without the ".gif" extension). Since the startup file is checked from top to bottom, you can be a bit efficient: .nf magic: 6 : ($x6 = substr($H, 0, 6)) eq 'GIF87a' magic: 6 : $x6 eq 'GIF89a' .fi You could also write the same thing as .nf magic: 6 : (($x6 = substr($H, 0, 6)) eq 'GIF87a') || ## an old gif, or.. \e $x6 eq 'GIF89a' ## .. a new one. .fi since newlines may be escaped. The default internal startup file includes .nf magic: 32 : $H =~ m/[\ex00-\ex06\ex10-\ex1a\ex1c-\ex1f\ex80\exff]{2}/ .fi which checks for certain non-printable characters, and catches a large number of binary files, including most system's executables, linkable objects, compressed, tarred, and otherwise folded, spindled, and mutilated files. Another example might be .nf ## an archive library magic: 17 : substr($H, 0, 17) eq "!\en__.SYMDEF" .fi .SH "RETURN VALUE" .I Search returns zero if lines (or files, if appropriate) were found, or if no work was requested (such as with .BR -help ). Returns 1 if no lines (or files) were found. Returns 2 on error. .SH TODO Things I'd like to add some day: .nf + show surrounding lines (context). + highlight matched portions of lines. + add '-and', which can go between regexes to override the default logical or of the regexes. + add something like -below GLOB which will examine a tree and only consider files that lie in a directory deeper than one named by the pattern. + add 'warning' and 'error' directives. + add 'help' directive. .fi .SH BUGS If -xdev and multiple -dir arguments are given, any file in any of the target filesystems are allowed. It would be better to allow each filesystem for each separate tree. Multiple -dir args might also cause some confusing effects. Doing .nf -dir some/dir -dir other .fi will search "some/dir" completely, then search "other" completely. This is good. However, something like .nf -dir some/dir -dir some/dir/more/specific .fi will search "some/dir" completely *except for* "some/dir/more/specific", after which it will return and be searched. Not really a bug, but just sort of odd. File times (for -newer, etc.) of symbolic links are for the file, not the link. This could cause some misunderstandings. Probably more. Please let me know. .SH AUTHOR Jeffrey Friedl, Omron Corp (jfriedl@omron.co.jp) .br http://www.wg.omron.co.jp/cgi-bin/j-e/jfriedl.html .SH "LATEST SOURCE" See http://www.wg.omron.co.jp/~jfriedl/perl/index.html