A Python 3 file grepper like UniversalCodeGrep ucg or ripgrep

• Overview

  • Text GUI with graphical options
  • Multiprocessor -- Craig
  • Regex -- Peter
  • Dir/File tree searching -- Kevin

• PyQt5 GUI

  • if cmdline argst then GUI pops-up and search runs (-g) else GUI starts and waits for user input

• Usage

  • yapygrep [switches] pattern [files/dirs ...]

• Switches (ripgrep/ucg like)

  • --gui=yes/no switch??
  • -g Implicitly push the search button
  • -t FTYPE Specify filetypes for search
  • -r Recurse (default)
  • -n No recurse
  • -h Help
  • --help-types Print file types and exit
  • -i Ignore case of search term
  • -l Line Number
  • -c Column Number
  • -S Smartcase search
  • --raw output without HTML formatting

• regex

• pypy if it works in PyQt5