This script accepts the following options: -d: Specify the directory to start the search (default is the current directory). -e: Specify file extensions separated by commas. -o: Specify search options (default is to recursively search in subdirectories). The script also accepts multiple search texts as arguments, separated by spaces. bash script…

search_text.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Define the directory to start the search
SEARCH_DIR="."

# Define default file extensions and search options
FILE_EXTENSIONS=("txt")
SEARCH_OPTIONS="-r"  # Default: recursively search in subdirectories

# Parse command line arguments
while getopts "d:e:o:" opt; do
    case $opt in
        d)
            SEARCH_DIR="$OPTARG"
            ;;
        e)
            IFS=',' read -ra FILE_EXTENSIONS <<< "$OPTARG"
            ;;
        o)
            SEARCH_OPTIONS="$OPTARG"
            ;;
        \?)
            echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
            exit 1
            ;;
    esac
done

# Shift to process non-option arguments (search texts)
shift $((OPTIND-1))
SEARCH_TEXTS=("$@")

# Use find and grep to search for text in files with specified extensions
for ext in "${FILE_EXTENSIONS[@]}"; do
    find "$SEARCH_DIR" $SEARCH_OPTIONS -type f -name "*.$ext" | while read -r file; do
        # Use grep to check if any of the search texts are present in the file
        for search_text in "${SEARCH_TEXTS[@]}"; do
            if grep -q "$search_text" "$file"; then
                echo "Text '$search_text' found in file: $file"
            fi
        done
    done
done

bash script.sh -d /path/to/search -e txt,log -o -r hello "hello world"