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Guido van Rossumee60eb11998-08-12 17:47:52 +00001#! /usr/bin/env python
2
3"""Reverse grep.
4
5Usage: rgrep [-i] pattern file
6"""
7
8import sys
9import re
10import string
11import getopt
12
13def main():
14 bufsize = 64*1024
15 reflags = 0
16 opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "i")
17 for o, a in opts:
18 if o == '-i':
19 reflags = reflags | re.IGNORECASE
20 if len(args) < 2:
21 usage("not enough arguments")
22 if len(args) > 2:
23 usage("exactly one file argument required")
24 pattern, filename = args
25 try:
26 prog = re.compile(pattern, reflags)
27 except re.error, msg:
28 usage("error in regular expression: %s" % str(msg))
29 try:
30 f = open(filename)
31 except IOError, msg:
32 usage("can't open %s: %s" % (repr(filename), str(msg)), 1)
33 f.seek(0, 2)
34 pos = f.tell()
35 leftover = None
36 while pos > 0:
37 size = min(pos, bufsize)
38 pos = pos - size
39 f.seek(pos)
40 buffer = f.read(size)
41 lines = string.split(buffer, "\n")
42 del buffer
43 if leftover is None:
44 if not lines[-1]:
45 del lines[-1]
46 else:
47 lines[-1] = lines[-1] + leftover
48 if pos > 0:
49 leftover = lines[0]
50 del lines[0]
51 else:
52 leftover = None
53 lines.reverse()
54 for line in lines:
55 if prog.search(line):
56 print line
57
58def usage(msg, code=2):
59 sys.stdout = sys.stderr
60 print msg
61 print __doc__
62 sys.exit(code)
63
64if __name__ == '__main__':
65 main()