A fast multithreaded file search tool written in C++ that searches for a word across multiple files simultaneously using threads.
- Multithreaded file searching
- Fast text lookup across multiple files
- Simple CLI interface
- Lightweight and easy to compile
cpp-multithreaded-file-search
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├── main.cpp
├── search.cpp
├── search.h
├── file1.txt
├── file2.txt
├── file3.txt
Compile the project using:
g++ main.cpp search.cpp -o search -pthread
./search
Then enter the word you want to search.
Example:
Enter word to search: hello
Output example:
file1.txt : Line 1 -> hello world
file2.txt : Line 2 -> hello from github
file3.txt : Line 3 -> hello again
Example output:
- C++ File Handling
- Multithreading (
std::thread) - Vector containers
- CLI programs
- Basic concurrency
- Automatic folder scanning
- Regex search
- Colored terminal output
- Performance benchmarking
- Support for thousands of files
Pull requests are welcome. Feel free to improve the project.