- Added test for the regex

packages/file/src/enums/match-type.enum.ts

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ export enum MatchTypeEnum {
     Base = "BASE", // Means you're matching the base filename without the extension and without the path such as "results"
     Extension = "EXT", // Means you're matching file extensions (without leading ".")  such as "jpeg"
     Filename = "FILE_NAME", // Means you're matching the base filename and extension  such as "results.jpeg"
-    Path = "PATH",
-}
+    Path = "PATH", // Means you're matching the full path such as "/home/user/results.jpeg"
+}

packages/file/src/managers/file.manager.spec.ts

@@ -19,4 +19,47 @@ describe("File Manager", () => {
         expect(cursors[3].line).toBe(10);
         expect(cursors[3].position).toBe(51);
     })
-})
+    it("should properly find the elements in the text when a regex is passed", async () => {
+        const fileManager = new FileManager();
+
+        const cursors = await fileManager.findInFile(/(eleifend)|(pulvinar)/gi, "test-files/lorem_ipsum.txt");
+
+        expect(cursors.length).toBe(9);
+
+        // eleifend
+        expect(cursors[0].line).toBe(2);
+        expect(cursors[0].position).toBe(416);
+
+        // pulvinar
+        expect(cursors[1].line).toBe(2);
+        expect(cursors[1].position).toBe(457);
+
+        // pulvinar
+        expect(cursors[2].line).toBe(6);
+        expect(cursors[2].position).toBe(24);
+
+        // eleifend
+        expect(cursors[3].line).toBe(6);
+        expect(cursors[3].position).toBe(33);
+
+        // pulvinar
+        expect(cursors[4].line).toBe(8);
+        expect(cursors[4].position).toBe(213);
+
+        // eleifend
+        expect(cursors[5].line).toBe(8);
+        expect(cursors[5].position).toBe(595);
+
+        // pulvinar
+        expect(cursors[6].line).toBe(10);
+        expect(cursors[6].position).toBe(332);
+
+        // pulvinar
+        expect(cursors[7].line).toBe(12);
+        expect(cursors[7].position).toBe(76);
+
+        // pulvinar
+        expect(cursors[8].line).toBe(14);
+        expect(cursors[8].position).toBe(414);
+    })
+})

packages/file/src/managers/file.manager.ts

@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ import {injectable} from "tsyringe";
 import {FileCursorInterface} from "../interfaces/file-cursor.interface";
 import fs from "fs";
 import * as readline from "readline";
+import {DirectoryListOptions} from "../options/directory-list.options";
+import {FileInfoInterface} from "../interfaces/file-info.interface";
 
 @injectable()
 export class FileManager {
-    async findInFile(search: string, filePath: string): Promise<FileCursorInterface[]> {
+    async findInFile(search: string | RegExp, filePath: string): Promise<FileCursorInterface[]> {
         const fileStream = fs.createReadStream(filePath);
 
         const rl = readline.createInterface({
@@ -23,14 +25,26 @@ export class FileManager {
             lineIndex++;
 
             do {
-                position = line.indexOf(search, position);
+                if(typeof search === "string") {
+                    position = line.indexOf(search, position);
+                } else {
+                    const lineToSearch = line.substring(position);
+                    const substrPosition = lineToSearch.search(search);
+
+                    if(substrPosition !== -1) {
+                        // Need to add the new position to the current position else we will return the wrong position
+                        position += substrPosition;
+                    } else {
+                        position = -1;
+                    }
+                }
 
                 // If the search string is found, simply add its position
                 if(position !== -1) {
                     fileCursors.push({line: lineIndex, position, lineText: line})
 
-                    // Move the position by the length of the search term.
-                    position += search.length;
+                    // Increment the position to continue the search.
+                    position++;
                 }
             } while (position != -1 || position >= line.length)
         }
@@ -61,4 +75,4 @@ export class FileManager {
             })
         })
     }
-}
+}