'use strict'; var readdirp = require('..') , util = require('util') , fs = require('fs') , path = require('path') , Stream = require('stream') , tap = require('tap-stream') , es = require('event-stream') ; function findLinesMatching (searchTerm) { return es.through(function (entry) { var lineno = 0 , matchingLines = [] , fileStream = this; function filter () { return es.mapSync(function (line) { lineno++; return ~line.indexOf(searchTerm) ? lineno + ': ' + line : undefined; }); } function aggregate () { return es.through( function write (data) { matchingLines.push(data); } , function end () { // drop files that had no matches if (matchingLines.length) { var result = { file: entry, lines: matchingLines }; // pass result on to file stream fileStream.emit('data', result); } this.emit('end'); } ); } fs.createReadStream(entry.fullPath, { encoding: 'utf-8' }) // handle file contents line by line .pipe(es.split('\n')) // keep only the lines that matched the term .pipe(filter()) // aggregate all matching lines and delegate control back to the file stream .pipe(aggregate()) ; }); } console.log('grepping for "arguments"'); // create a stream of all javascript files found in this and all sub directories readdirp({ root: path.join(__dirname), fileFilter: '*.js' }) // find all lines matching the term for each file (if none found, that file is ignored) .pipe(findLinesMatching('arguments')) // format the results and output .pipe( es.mapSync(function (res) { return '\n\n' + res.file.path + '\n\t' + res.lines.join('\n\t'); }) ) .pipe(process.stdout) ;