syc-spector

== Welcome to syc-spector home :: https://github.com/sugaryourcoffee/syc-spector

== Description The sycspector scans a file for patterns provided on the command line. Lines that match the pattern are saved to a file with valid values and those lines that don't match the pattern are added to a file with invalid values. The valid and invalid files as well as the used pattern are stored in a history file. The saved values are used for a subsequent call to sycspector with --show and -f for fix to show the results or to prompt the invalid values to fix them. Fixed values can be appended to the valid values file.

== Installation sycspector can be installed as a gem from http://RubyGems.org with $ gem install syc-spector

== Invokation Examples Rearches for email addresses in the provided file 'email_addresses' $ sycspector email_addresses -p email

Lines that are not recognized can be prompted, fixed and appended to the valid file with $ sycspector -fa

To show the result of the invokation use $ sycspector --show

To fix the values from the input file at the first scan $ sycspector -f email-addresses -p email

To sort the values $ sycspector -s email-addresses -p email

To fix, sort and remove duplicates (individualize) $ sycspector -fsi email-addresses -p email

Matching patterns like 'name, firstname' $ syscpector name -p "\w+, \w+"

Scanning only whole lines use $ sycspector name -p "\A\w+, \w+\A"

If the file contains lines like "Doe, John and Doe, Jane" these won't be saved at the first scan but can be scanned with the --fix switch and appended to the valid values from the last run $ sycspector -fa

Fixing a specific file by specifying the invalid file as inputfile $ sycspector -fa 2013016-083346_invalid_name -o 2013016-083346_valid_name

Specifying the file where the results (valid and invalid) should go to $ sycspector -fa -o outputfile

To process all at once $ sycspector -fis inputfile -o outputfile -p "\A\w+, w+\Z" --show

== License syc-spector is released under the {MIT License}[http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT].