Welcome to the MultiThreaded File Search tool! This program allows you to efficiently search for a keyword in all the files within a specified directory, leveraging the power of multi-threading using OpenMP for faster performance.
The MultiThreaded File Search tool allows users to search for a specified keyword within all files located under a chosen directory. It uses OpenMP to parallelize the file search across multiple threads, providing a faster search experience compared to sequential searches, especially when dealing with a large number of files.
- Multi-threaded Search: Efficient searching using OpenMP for parallel processing.
- Recursive Directory Traversal: Automatically searches through all files in subdirectories.
- Keyword Search: Finds all occurrences of a given keyword in text files.
- Search Results Display: Displays the filenames and matching lines where the keyword was found.
- Execution Time Measurement: Provides the total time taken to perform the search.
To run and compile this application, you will need the following:
- A C++ compiler that supports C++17 or higher.
- OpenMP library installed for multi-threading support.
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Compile the program using the provided compilation commands (see Compilation).
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Run the program:
./search
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Enter the required inputs:
- The directory path where you want to search for files.
- The keyword you want to search for in the files.
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The program will search all files in the specified directory and subdirectories, and display the results including the matched lines and the time taken for the search.
g++ -fopenmp -std=c++17 filesearch.cpp -o searchg++ -Xpreprocessor -fopenmp -lomp -std=c++17 filesearch.cpp -o searchAlternatively, if you have libomp installed via Homebrew, you can use:
g++ -Xpreprocessor -fopenmp -I/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/include -L/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/lib -lomp -std=c++17 filesearch.cpp -o search