#/usr/bin/env python import re,os def grep(pattern,dirname,names): for name in names: filename = os.path.join(dirname,name) if os.path.isfile(filename): lines = open(filename,"r").readlines() for line in lines: if pattern.search(line): print filename break def find(pattern,directory = "."): os.path.walk(directory,grep,re.compile(pattern)) if __name__ == "__main__": import sys if len(sys.argv) == 2: find(sys.argv[1]) elif len(sys.argv) == 2: find(sys.argv[2],sys.argv[1])