findPDF: Find PDF files by content with pattern matching

In zumbov2/findR: Find Code Snippets, R Scripts, R Markdown, PDF and Text Files with Pattern Matching

Description

findPDF scans all directories and subdirectories of a given path for PDF files (.pdf) containing a specific pattern. Hits can be copied to a new folder.

Usage

findPDF(path = ".", pattern = "Hello World", case.sensitive = TRUE,
  show.results = TRUE, copy = FALSE, folder = "findPDF",
  overwrite = TRUE)

Arguments

path	a character vector, path to be scanned. The default corresponds to the working directory, getwd().
pattern	a pattern (regular expression) to search for.
case.sensitive	a logical value. If TRUE, pattern-matching is case-sensitive.
show.results	a logical value. If TRUE, results are printed after completion.
copy	a logical value. If TRUE, all matching PDF files are copied to folder.
folder	a character vector, path or name of new folder to copy matching PDF files to.
overwrite	a logical value. If TRUE, existing destination files are overwritten.

Examples

# Find all PDF files in the package folder that contain the name Hanna
findPDF(path = system.file(package = "findR"), pattern = "Hanna")

# Save results in a data frame and show hits
dt <- findPDF(path = system.file(package = "findR"), pattern = "Hanna", show.results = TRUE)
dt

zumbov2/findR documentation built on Dec. 30, 2019, 6:40 p.m.