Search file contents with grep-like matching — tool_grep

Search text files under a directory and return matching lines.

Usage

tool_grep_files(
  pattern,
  path = ".",
  recursive = TRUE,
  ignore_case = FALSE,
  max_matches = 100
)

Format

A tool definition created with ellmer::tool().

Arguments

pattern: Regex pattern to search for (tool argument)
path: Base directory to search (tool argument)
recursive: If TRUE, search subdirectories recursively (tool argument)
ignore_case: If TRUE, ignore case when matching (tool argument)
max_matches: Maximum matching lines to return (tool argument)

Value

When called directly, a character summary of matching file lines.

Examples

directory <- tempfile()
dir.create(directory)
writeLines("needle", file.path(directory, "example.txt"))
tool_grep_files("needle", directory)
#> [1] "Pattern: needle\nMatches: 1\n\nexample.txt:1: needle"
unlink(directory, recursive = TRUE)