lookup

Lookup searches a set of files, much like grep does. However, Lookup has additional features:

• It searches by entry rather than by line. By default, an entry is a paragraph, which may be separated by one or two blank lines.
• It respects comments, ignoring matches within them.
• It respects \include directives (it searches the named file).
• It supports customizable search patterns and output formatting.

Installation

1. Create file lookup/build/libs/lookup-all.jar by running these commands:

   git clone https://github.com/plume-lib/lookup.git
   cd lookup
   ./gradlew -q assemble

2. Add aliases to your shell startup file (e.g., ~/.bash_profile):

   alias lookup='java -ea -jar /path/to/lookup/build/libs/lookup-all.jar -a'
   alias doc='lookup -f ${HOME}/wisdom/root_user --two-blank-lines'
   alias bibfind='lookup -l -f ${HOME}/bib/bibroot'
   alias rolo='lookup -f ${HOME}/private/addresses.tex --comment-re='
   alias quotefind='lookup -f ${HOME}/misc/quotes1 -f ${HOME}/misc/quotes'

   (Replace /path/to/ with the directory where you cloned the lookup repository.)

   You might need to log out and back in for these aliases to take effect.

3. Start using the aliases.

Usage examples

See the uwisdom project's README.md file.

For usage details, pass -h (for example, run lookup -h) or see the Lookup program documentation.