#!/bin/bash
# Script to search python files for certain expressions
# Example: 
# $ pysearch ~ "def create"
# Looks for all Python scripts that contain "def create" in your home directory.


# INFORMATION
if [[ -z $1 || $1 == "-h" || $1 == "--help" || -z $2 ]] ; then
    echo "Script to look for patterns in Python files"
    echo
    echo "USAGE"
    echo "    ./pysearch folder pattern"
    echo
    echo "folder: folder to look in (descends into all subfolders)"
    echo "pattern: a pattern to look for e.g.: \"def create\""
    echo "         Accepts any pattern grep accepts."
    echo
    echo "Vincent Van Asch, October 2010"
    
    exit 0
fi

# THE SCRIPT
echo "Looking for \"$2\" in $1"
find $1 -name '*.py' -print0 | xargs -0 grep $2