sergiyivan/search-in-files-python

Simple python3 script that allows you to search specific words in the files under some certain directory

Search for certain words in all files in the directory

Simple Python 3 script that allows you to get the count of specific words in all files in the certain directory and all its subdirectories.

Prerequisites

• Python 3

Preparation

• Install Python 3
• Run pip install pathlib. This library is used to retrieve all files in the directory
• Clone this repository: git clone https://github.com/SergiyIvan/search-in-files-python.git

After that open the words.py file. Specify absolute path to the directory in the directory variable (few lines below the beginning of main method):

directory = '/path/to/directory'
OR
directory = 'D:\path\to\directory

Script will perform search in the indicated diectory and all its subdirectories recursively. Text file with words has to be in the same directory as .py file. Fill this file with a single word per line:

word1
word2

Running

To run the script, just use this command:

python words.py

Notes

This application outputs the count of entries of all words from the text file in the files in specific directory and all its subdirectories. You can sort the output by filenames, words (in alphabetical order) or by count of entries.