pyfindfiles 1.1.0

Efficient text and binary file searching via Python, cross-platform.

PyFindFiles

Find files (text or binary) containing text or patterns efficiently with Python, cross-platform. Default is to only search files smaller than 50 MBytes.

Requires:

• Python ≥ 3.5
• Windows: need SysInternals strings.exe on your PATH.

Install

git clone https://github.com/scivision/pyfindfiles

cd pyfindfiles

python -m pip install -e .

Usage

findtext looks for strings inside text or binary files, and reports filename text is found in.

• -v: filename, line number, and text found

findtext Pattern "*.ext" root

Pattern : text to search for

"*.ext" : file extension(s) to search for

root : top-level directory to search under

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findvid

findvid root looks under top-level directory root for video files (by common file extensions)