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minigrep for search contents in file

A simple command line tool for searching for a string in a file

inspired by rust book and rust course

Usage

for development and testing usage

$ cargo run -- [OPTIONS] <search> <file>

for release and installed usage

$ mgrep [OPTIONS] <search> <file>

Options

• -i : ignore case distinctions
• -c : print word count in file (exclude dots and commas)
• -h : print help message

Examples

$ mgrep "hello world" README.md

$ mgrep -i "hello world" README.md

$ mgrep -c  README.md