{"id":13448481,"url":"https://github.com/rauchg/spot","last_synced_at":"2025-05-16T14:08:37.134Z","repository":{"id":2631548,"uuid":"3619133","full_name":"rauchg/spot","owner":"rauchg","description":"Tiny file search utility (bash)","archived":false,"fork":false,"pushed_at":"2024-01-02T23:45:40.000Z","size":34,"stargazers_count":935,"open_issues_count":7,"forks_count":44,"subscribers_count":23,"default_branch":"master","last_synced_at":"2025-04-12T11:55:37.387Z","etag":null,"topics":[],"latest_commit_sha":null,"homepage":"","language":"Shell","has_issues":true,"has_wiki":null,"has_pages":null,"mirror_url":null,"source_name":null,"license":null,"status":null,"scm":"git","pull_requests_enabled":true,"icon_url":"https://github.com/rauchg.png","metadata":{"files":{"readme":"README.md","changelog":"History.md","contributing":null,"funding":null,"license":null,"code_of_conduct":null,"threat_model":null,"audit":null,"citation":null,"codeowners":null,"security":null,"support":null,"governance":null,"roadmap":null,"authors":null,"dei":null,"publiccode":null,"codemeta":null}},"created_at":"2012-03-04T15:55:44.000Z","updated_at":"2025-03-22T11:18:33.000Z","dependencies_parsed_at":"2024-07-31T06:08:57.069Z","dependency_job_id":null,"html_url":"https://github.com/rauchg/spot","commit_stats":{"total_commits":54,"total_committers":14,"mean_commits":3.857142857142857,"dds":0.6481481481481481,"last_synced_commit":"b15257249aa86919721d2873f25ede5ecb9bd7ba"},"previous_names":["guille/spot"],"tags_count":6,"template":false,"template_full_name":null,"repository_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/rauchg%2Fspot","tags_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/rauchg%2Fspot/tags","releases_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/rauchg%2Fspot/releases","manifests_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/rauchg%2Fspot/manifests","owner_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners/rauchg","download_url":"https://codeload.github.com/rauchg/spot/tar.gz/refs/heads/master","host":{"name":"GitHub","url":"https://github.com","kind":"github","repositories_count":254544146,"owners_count":22088807,"icon_url":"https://github.com/github.png","version":null,"created_at":"2022-05-30T11:31:42.601Z","updated_at":"2022-07-04T15:15:14.044Z","host_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub","repositories_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories","repository_names_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repository_names","owners_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners"}},"keywords":[],"created_at":"2024-07-31T05:01:46.813Z","updated_at":"2025-05-16T14:08:32.125Z","avatar_url":"https://github.com/rauchg.png","language":"Shell","readme":"## spot(1)\n\nTiny ack-style file search utility.\n\n### Features\n\n* Short \u0026 written in Bash: you can edit it easily to suit your liking.\n* Fast. Just `find` + `grep` + `awk`.\n* Searches most things by default instead of some known predefined extensions.\n* Ignores .git, .hg, .svn, devices and binary files.\n\n### Usage\n\n#### Smart phrases\n\nAll arguments constitute the search text. No need to wrap most searches\nin double quotes.\n\n![](https://cldup.com/TiVORMfp77-1200x1200.png)\n\n#### Smart case\n\n`spot` is case-insensitive by default. However, if your search term\ncontains an uppercase letter, it becomes sensitive!\n\n![](https://cldup.com/EnapzH91cM-1200x1200.png)\n\n#### Smart targets\n\nIf the first argument contains a slash _and_ is a valid directory, the\nsearch is constrained to that particular target.\n\n![](https://cldup.com/AQN2uflm8k-3000x3000.png)\n\n#### Wildcard matching\n\nIn `spot(1)` searches, the `.` character acts as the RegExp wildcard,\nmaking it very easy to perform searches that match anything, and to avoid\nescaping characters or including ones that are not necessary for your\nsearch.\n\n![](https://cldup.com/YV-Q1_-0Lo-3000x3000.png)\n\n#### Line abbreviation\n\nIf the line where matches are found is too long (such as minified source files),\n`spot(1)` will only display the surrounding characters.\n\n![](https://cldup.com/aeEUHlTJin-3000x3000.png)\n\n#### Options\n\n`spot -h` to see them.\n\n### Installation\n\nIf you have NPM:\n\n```\n$ npm install -g spot\n```\n\nOr if you have [bpkg](https://github.com/bpkg/bpkg)\n\n```\n$ bpkg install -g spot\n```\n\nYou're done! Otherwise, run this command:\n\n```\ncurl -L https://raw.github.com/rauchg/spot/master/spot.sh -o ~/bin/spot \u0026\u0026 chmod +x ~/bin/spot\n```\n\nIf you don't have `~/bin`, replace it with another directory in your\n`$PATH`, like `/usr/local/bin`.\n\n### License\n\n(The MIT License)\n\nCopyright (c) 2014 Guillermo Rauch \u0026lt;rauchg@gmail.com\u0026gt;\n\nPermission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining\na copy of this software and associated documentation files (the\n'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including\nwithout limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,\ndistribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to\npermit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to\nthe following conditions:\n\nThe above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be\nincluded in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.\n\nTHE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,\nEXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF\nMERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.\nIN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY\nCLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,\nTORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE\nSOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.\n","funding_links":[],"categories":["Shell","Uncategorized","Command-Line Productivity","Lovely Commands"],"sub_categories":["Uncategorized"],"project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frauchg%2Fspot","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Frauchg%2Fspot","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frauchg%2Fspot/lists"}