doc search script
Posted by Anonymous on Mon 3rd Sep 2012 05:17
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#!/bin/bash
# This script searches the Documents folder in the /home dir of
# the current user for a given string.
# Usage: script.sh "query"

docs="${HOME}/Documents"

if [[ -z $1 ]]; then
        echo -e "Usage: $(basename "$0") \"query\"\n"
        exit
elif [[ ! -d $docs ]]; then
        echo -e "\"${docs}\" does not exist!\n"
        exit
fi

for i in "$docs"/*; do
        if [[ $(file --brief "$i") =~ "ASCII" ]]; then
                grep -iH --colour "$1" "$i"
        fi
done