toys/text-manipulation/string-search/search.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main (int argc, char **argv) {
    char *file, *string, *ptr1, *ptr2;
    int len, ctr;
    if (argc == 1) {
        printf ("File to read: ");
        scanf  ("%s", &file);
        printf ("String to search for: ");
        scanf  ("%s", &string);
    } else if (argc == 2) {
        file = argv[1];
        printf ("String to search for: ");
        scanf  ("%s", &string);
    } else if (argc == 3) {
        file = argv[1];
        string = argv[2];
    } else {
        printf ("String Search\n\n");
        printf ("This program searches for the first occurrence of the given substring in the given file.\n\n");
        printf ("Usage:\n");
        printf ("\t$ %s [file] [string]\n", argv[0]);
        printf ("where [file] is the ASCII file to search and [string] is the string to search for.\n");
        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }
    /* Testing */
    printf ("Testing");
    /* Read the file and compare to the string */
    FILE *fp = fopen(file, "r");
    if (fp == NULL) {
        perror ("Error");
        return EXIT_FAILURE;
    }
    len = strlen(string);
    ptr1 = file;
    ptr2 = ptr1;
    while (*ptr2) {
        while (*ptr1 != string[0] && *ptr1) { ++ptr1; }
        ptr2 = ptr1;
        for (ctr = 0; ctr < len; ++ctr) {
            if (*ptr2 != string[ctr]) {
                break;
            }
            if (len - ctr == 1) {
                printf ("Substring found at %d\n", ctr);
                return EXIT_SUCCESS;
            }
            ++ptr2;
        }
    }
    printf ("Substring \"%s\" not found in file \"%s\"\n", string, file);
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}