From: Nathan Olberding <nathan.olberding@...>
Date: 2006-05-03T06:16:14+09:00
Subject: Searching Files

I'm trying to write a simple script to go through all the files in a 
specific directory and search for search terms. You should, 
hypothetically, be able to run:

search search_term

and find all the applicable results. Here's my code:

path = "/home/nathano/notes"
notes_dir = Dir.new(path).to_a - ['.', '..']
matches = []

notes_dir.each do |note|
	ARGV.each do |pattern|
		file_contents = open(path + "/" + note, "r")
		file_contents.each do |line|
			if line.include?(pattern.to_s)
				matches.push(note)
			end
		end
	end
end

matches.uniq.each do |x|
	puts x
end


It seems to actually work on rare occasion, but obviously it isn't 
working as expected. I've also tried converting each file to a massive 
string (readlines.to_s) and "include?"ing that string, but to no avail.

Insights?

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