search-markdown-link.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Search Links in markdown files 
# Author: Prasanna Gautam
# Usage: search-link.py <regular-expression>
#

import sys
import glob
import re
linksDict = {}
def buildLinkDict():
	p = re.compile(r'\[(.+)\](?:\s+)?\(?(.+)\)?')
	for fileName in glob.glob("*.mkd"):
		f = open(fileName)
		for line in f.readlines():
			m = p.match(line)
			if m:
				linksDict[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)

def main():
	"""docstring for main"""
	buildLinkDict()
	searchTerm = sys.argv[1]
	for key in linksDict:
		if re.search(searchTerm,key):
			print key, linksDict[key]


	

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()