public static string PrecisionReadFile(SearchDetails e)
{
var readLength = (e.EndLine - e.StartLine) + 1;
var lines = File.ReadLines(e.FilePath).Skip(e.StartLine - 1).Take(readLength);
string log = "";
//convert to string
foreach (string line in lines)
{
log = log + Environment.NewLine + line;
}
return(log);
}
public static SearchDetails GetStartIndexAndEndIndex(SearchDetails e)
{
int counter = 0;
string line;
int StartLineNumber = 0;
int EndLineNumber = 0;
bool IsStartIndexFound = false;
var file = new StreamReader(e.FilePath);
while ((line = file.ReadLine()) != null)
{
if (IsStartIndexFound == false)
{
if (line.Contains(e.SearchStartPattern))
{
StartLineNumber = counter;
e.StartLine = StartLineNumber;
IsStartIndexFound = true;
}
}
else
{
if (line.Contains(e.SearchEndPattern))
{
EndLineNumber = counter;
e.StartLine = EndLineNumber;
break;
}
}
counter++;
}
Console.WriteLine("Start Line: {0}. End Line {1}.", StartLineNumber, EndLineNumber);
file.Close();
return(e);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var details = new SearchDetails();
Console.Write("Input your search text: ");
details.SearchStartPattern = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Input your search end term, leave blank if there is no end term: ");
details.SearchEndPattern = Console.ReadLine();
Console.Write("Input a file path to search: ");
details.FilePath = Console.ReadLine();
details.FilePath = TrimPath(details.FilePath);
details = GetStartIndexAndEndIndex(details);
Console.WriteLine("Reading log");
var log = PrecisionReadFile(details);
Console.WriteLine(log);
Console.ReadLine();
}
