Text File Search Tool

A simple Python program that allows users to search through text files for specific words or lines. The tool provides two main functionalities: searching for complete lines containing a word and searching for exact word matches and the amount found.

Features

• Search for lines containing a specific word (case-insensitive)
• Search for exact word matches (case-insensitive)
• Display number of matches found
• Interactive command-line interface

Requirements

• Python 3.13
• Text files to search through (.txt format)

⚠️⚠️⚠️txt file must be in the same file directory as the python script⚠️⚠️⚠️

Usage

Run the script using Python:

python main.py

Menu Options

1. Search for a line: Finds all lines containing the specified word
2. Search for a word: Finds exact word matches in the text

Search Modes

Line Search

• Searches for lines containing the specified word
• Returns the entire line where the word is found
• Shows the total number of lines containing the word
• Case-insensitive search
• Shows the total count of words found

Word Search

• Searches for exact word matches
• Returns all instances of the exact word
• Shows the total count of words
• Case-insensitive search

Example Usage

# Example for line search
What file do you want to search in? (must be txt) test
Enter a word to search for: pepe
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The word was found in 2 lines
Line: pepe was a war hero (Line 4)
Line: pepe popo kokoko doko was coco (Line 8)
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# Example for word search
What file do you want to search in? (must be txt): test
Enter a word to search for: pepe
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The word was found 2 times
Word: pepe (Line 4)
Word: pepe (Line 8)
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Error Handling

The tool includes basic error handling for:

• File not found scenarios
• Empty search results

Limitations

• Only works with .txt files
• Requires exact file name input (Without file format in the name)

Author

ByteOfWaffle (Jeremy)