Archive search is a recreated search script I developed a while back. It in no way the original and when completed, it'll be significantly enhanced from the original. The script works by providing an intuitive text-based menu to search for archived information of compressed log files in ways that would otherwise take a very long time.

Several cool features I learned about bash scripting from originally developing this script is that it uses C-style "for" loops and multi-threading for high-performance acceleration can be achieved by backgrounding nested commands generated from these "for" loops.

A limitation to using bash functions can be summarized by the word "variable passthrough". C and Python do this better, so the final output will incorporate Python snippets.

Before checking out the code and confirming whether or not it runs, be sure to visit the Prerequesites page first: https://github.com/espressobeanies/Archive-Search/blob/master/Prerequesites

Please note, the script is a work-in-progress and has not been vetted for errors yet. https://github.com/espressobeanies/Archive-Search/blob/master/archive-search.sh