Ncgrep

NCGREP, which is based on ncurses library to provide user interface, is a grep tool for searching text on target directory.

Demo

Usages

ncgrep "grep" . 3

• . character stands for the current dirname
• 3 It represents the level of search directory grouping, the three level directory as a group for text search

After entering the interactive interface, the commands are illustrated as followed:

• q quit
• j down
• k up
• o open file in vim
• KEY_ENTER open file in vim
• CTRL-e return to the group interface

Install

Firstly, you should install the dependency library:

# MAC
brew install ncurses
# CentOS
yum install ncurses

Then, compile & link:

g++ -c files.cpp -o files.o
g++ -c grep.cpp -o grep.o
g++ -c tui.cpp -o tui.o
g++ -c data.cpp -o data.o
g++ -g main.cpp -o ncgrep files.o grep.o tui.o data.o -lncurses

TO BE CONTINUED...