# grep_bin
`grep_bin` can search recursively a directory or multiple files for a sequence of bytes or ascii string.
## Usage
### Searching for a byte sequence in a file
`$ grep_bin fffe test.bin`
### Searching recursively a directory for a byte sequence
`$ grep_bin FFFE ~/Downloads`
### Filtering the filetypes
`$ grep_bin -f mp3 FFfe0000 ~/Downloads`
### Search for an ASCII string inside the binary
`$ grep_bin '"Hello World"' test.bin`
Search for an ASCII string with quotes included: `$ grep_bin '"This is a \"quote\""' test.bin`
### Search a byte sequence in multiple files
`$ grep_bin fFFe test1.bin test2.bin`
### Specify the number of bytes per line in the output
`$ grep_bin -c 32 "information" README.md`
Output:
<pre>
README.md
00000320: 73 20 68 65 6C 70 20 <b>69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E</b> 0A 0A 20 20 20 20 2D 56 2C 20 2D 2D 76 65 |s help <b>information</b>.. -V, --ve|
00000360: 73 69 6F 6E 20 <b>69 6E 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 69 6F 6E</b> 0A 0A 0A 4F 50 54 49 4F 4E 53 3A 0A 20 20 20 20 |sion <b>information</b>...OPTIONS:. |
</pre>
* the characters in bold represent the colored match
### Help
```
$ grep_bin -h
grep_bin 2.0.0
LaBatata101 <labatata101@linuxmail.org>
Searches recursively a directory or multiple files for a sequence of bytes or ASCII string.
USAGE:
grep_bin [OPTIONS] <PATTERN> <FILE>...
ARGS:
<PATTERN> Ascii strings should be passed inside quotes like so '"This is a string"'
Escaping quotes '"This is a \"quoted string\""'
All of these byte sequence are valid: f9b4ca, F9B4CA and f9B4Ca
<FILE>... The filepath
OPTIONS:
-c <context_bytes_size> Defines the number of bytes that will be printed in each line.
[default: 16]
-f <filetype> Filter the search by the file extensions.
Examples of input: jpg, mp3, exe
-h, --help Print help information
-o, --print-offset Prints only the offsets of the match.
-p, --print-only Prints only the filename that contais the match.
-s, --skip-bytes <n> Skip n bytes before searching. [default: 0]
-V, --version Print version information
```
# Building Manually
## Dependencies
- rustc(latest version)
- cargo
`$ git clone https://github.com/LaBatata101/grep_bin`
`$ cd grep_bin/`
`$ cargo build --release`
The final binary will be in `target/release/`
# Installing with Cargo
`cargo install grep_bin`