Command line parameters

[Jammmmm]

Love the program. I've been using it for years when I migrated from Windows and needed a Linux "Agent Ransack" :)

Any chance we can get command line parameters?

I'd like to be able to right click on a directory and "Searchmonkey" to immediately have that path added to the path field.

I tried with --path /my/path but that didn't work, unfortunately.

[cottrela]

Sure - I'll get this feature added next. Great idea, and thanks for the kind words!

[cottrela]

Proposed CLI:

• searchmonkey [OPTIONS] [PATTERN]

Which allows this kinda thing:

# Open Searchmonkey with a directory selected
searchmonkey --path /my/path

# Search using a regex
searchmonkey 'TODO|FIXME'

# Search within a specific directory
searchmonkey 'TODO|FIXME' --path ~/projects

# Search for literal text instead of a regex
searchmonkey --fixed-strings 'price: $10' --path ~/documents

# Restrict the files searched
searchmonkey 'error' --path /var/log --glob '*.log'

# Exclude files or directories using rg-style glob syntax
searchmonkey 'needle' --path ~/projects --glob '!node_modules/**'

Initially this will look like this:

Usage: searchmonkey [OPTIONS] [PATTERN]

Arguments:
  [PATTERN]                    Search expression

Options:
  -p, --path <PATH>            File or directory to search
  -F, --fixed-strings          Treat PATTERN as literal text
  -s, --case-sensitive         Enable case-sensitive matching
  -g, --glob <GLOB>            Include or exclude a glob; repeatable
  -H, --hidden                 Search hidden files and directories
  -L, --follow                 Follow symbolic links
  -C, --context <LINES>        Show surrounding context
      --no-ignore              Do not respect ignore files
      --no-start               Populate the form without starting the search
  -h, --help                   Print help
  -V, --version                Print version

Which leaves room for a future searchmonkey search ... --json headless mode.

Does this sound ok?

[Jammmmm]

Absolutely! That's for more than what I need, but I suppose if you're implementing it, you may as well implement it properly :)