File Search

This is a simple Tkinter script designed to search a number of files for a specified string. Note that this currently only works with basic text files.

Instructions

Simply run the script through a terminal/command window to open the form

1. Select a directory
2. Enter a search string
3. Select whether to ignore case or not, and click Go
4. Output will appear in the list box, and will also be saved to a CSV

What I learned completing this project

I learned the basics of Python's Tkinter and event driven programming. I also understand a little bit more about handling multiple files.

Future Changes

Here are some changes I may make in the future

• Use an on object orientated (OOP) approach
• Update the script to handles multiple types of files
• Rearrange widgets to update the overall design
• Allow the ability to use regular expression when searching
• More options, like specifying whether you would like a csv copy of the output, where this should be saved, etc
• Use pyinstaller to conver this to a desktop app