findp

#!/bin/bash

# Shortcut for find . -maxdepth <num> '*some-pattern*'

set -uoe pipefail

usage.sh "$(basename $0) PATTERN [maxdepth]\n\nPattern is a regular expression and automatically surrounded with '*' regex unless a '^' appears as the first character or a '$' appears as the last character" $@ && exit

if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
	findp --help
	exit
fi

searchTerm=$1
maxdepth=${2:-}
dir=.

if [ -n "$maxdepth" ]; then
	maxdepth="-maxdepth $maxdepth"
fi

if [[ "${searchTerm:0:1}" == '^' ]]; then
	# allow BOL regex, remove '^'
	searchTerm="${searchTerm:2}"
else
	searchTerm="*$searchTerm"
fi

if [[ "${searchTerm:0-1}" == '$' ]]; then
	# allow EOL regex, remove '$'
	searchTerm="${searchTerm%?}"
else
	searchTerm="$searchTerm*"
fi

find $dir $maxdepth -iname "${searchTerm}"