GrepPlus

Summary

GrepPlus is a simple text search program that accepts one to many keys that are used to search a standard input stream.

Usage

GrepPlus is a java program and is invoked using java GrepPlus --key [VALUE]. The text to be searched must be provided to the standard input stream.

Examples:

Linux/MacOS
cat some.file | java GrepPlus --key some --key text

Windows
type some.file | java GrepPlus --key some --key text

Supported Arguments

• --key [VALUE] - Provides a value for GrepPlus to search.
• --help - Outputs basic program help documentation.

Output

GrepPlus will output all keys that contain a match, number of matches per key, and the exact position of each match.

$ echo hello world | java GrepPlus --key world
Key: world - 1 match(es)
Line: 1 Char: 7

Enhancements

• Implement support for reading from files instead of just standard input.