grep.c

// Simple grep.  Only supports ^ . * $ operators.

#include "types.h"
#include "stat.h"
#include "user.h"

char buf[1024];
int match(char*, char*);

void
grep(char *pattern, int fd)
{
  int n, m;
  char *p, *q;
  
  m = 0;
  while((n = read(fd, buf+m, sizeof(buf)-m)) > 0){
    m += n;
    p = buf;
    while((q = strchr(p, '\n')) != 0){
      *q = 0;
      if(match(pattern, p)){
        *q = '\n';
        write(1, p, q+1 - p);
      }
      p = q+1;
    }
    if(p == buf)
      m = 0;
    if(m > 0){
      m -= p - buf;
      memmove(buf, p, m);
    }
  }
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int fd, i;
  char *pattern;
  
  if(argc <= 1){
    printf(2, "usage: grep pattern [file ...]\n");
    exit();
  }
  pattern = argv[1];
  
  if(argc <= 2){
    grep(pattern, 0);
    exit();
  }

  for(i = 2; i < argc; i++){
    if((fd = open(argv[i], 0)) < 0){
      printf(1, "grep: cannot open %s\n", argv[i]);
      exit();
    }
    grep(pattern, fd);
    close(fd);
  }
  exit();
}

// Regexp matcher from Kernighan & Pike,
// The Practice of Programming, Chapter 9.

int matchhere(char*, char*);
int matchstar(int, char*, char*);

int
match(char *re, char *text)
{
  if(re[0] == '^')
    return matchhere(re+1, text);
  do{  // must look at empty string
    if(matchhere(re, text))
      return 1;
  }while(*text++ != '\0');
  return 0;
}

// matchhere: search for re at beginning of text
int matchhere(char *re, char *text)
{
  if(re[0] == '\0')
    return 1;
  if(re[1] == '*')
    return matchstar(re[0], re+2, text);
  if(re[0] == '$' && re[1] == '\0')
    return *text == '\0';
  if(*text!='\0' && (re[0]=='.' || re[0]==*text))
    return matchhere(re+1, text+1);
  return 0;
}

// matchstar: search for c*re at beginning of text
int matchstar(int c, char *re, char *text)
{
  do{  // a * matches zero or more instances
    if(matchhere(re, text))
      return 1;
  }while(*text!='\0' && (*text++==c || c=='.'));
  return 0;
}