position-in-file-async v1.0.0

position-in-file-async

A node.js util to find asynchronously element position on a file of a folder.

position-in-file-async is the async version of position-in-file.

How to use :

Install position-in-file-async via npm :

npm install --save position-in-file-async

Use it :

const positionInFileAsync = require('position-in-file-async')

//positionInFileAsync(needle, haystack, options)

//Exemple :
positionInFileAsync('element-to-look-for', 'where-to-search', {deep: false, ...}).then(result => console.log(result))

//Result : 
[
	{file: 'finded-in-this-file.ext', lines: {2: [5]}}, //Line 2 column 5
	{file: 'finded-here.too.ext', lines: {1: [2, 19]}}, //Line 1 column 5, line 1 column 19
	...
]

If node doest display deep object you can use util.inspect :

	const inspect = require('util').inspect
	
	positionInFileAsync('element-to-look-for', 'where-to-search').then(result => console.log(inspect(result, {showHidden: false, depth: null})))

Parameters

• needle (String || RegExp) : The element to search, can be a string or a regular expression.
• haystack (String) : The path where the research will be executed, it can be a file or folder path. If haystack is not defined the research will be excecuted in the current folder.
• options (Object) : Some aditionnals options : deep (Boolean) : If the research will be apply on deep folder. Default : true. ignore : (Array) An array to define the file/filter to ignore. Default : empty array. fullPathRequired (Boolean) : If full path need to be specified on option.ignore or just the file name. Default : true. gitIgnore (Boolean) : If .gitIgnore's file/folder need to be ignored. Default : true.

License :

MIT