Searching within a E-Book

benjaminvm · 08-17-2008, 07:07 PM

Hello Everyone,

As I was reading over the dictionary forum and it's autorun script, I thought of an idea.

Wouldn't it be easy to search within a book using the same process that the DictioLauncher Application uses?? Something along the lines of

Code:

$ cat ebook_file | grep "^search_term$"

should work shouldn't it! Even the UI could remain the same except you would have to select a file.

The only problem may be in parsing the PDF, LRF files to get plain text. Something like the 'strings' util should work though right? Tell me what you think.

Thank you.

DrMoze · 08-17-2008, 09:20 PM

It's a 'Reader,' not a 'Searcher'!

Peadar Ó Guilín · 08-18-2008, 10:51 AM

I just tried 'strings' on a pdf to no avail. There's bound to be a way, though. It would be remarkably useful.

dynamike · 08-18-2008, 11:44 AM

One challenge with this approach would be to match the hits to the appropriate places/pages in the lrf/epub/pdf document -- if search is used to locate a particular location inside an ebook. Which is what I normally use it for (when using a pocketpc).

08-17-2008, 07:07 PM	#1
benjaminvm Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	Searching within a E-Book Hello Everyone, As I was reading over the dictionary forum and it's autorun script, I thought of an idea. Wouldn't it be easy to search within a book using the same process that the DictioLauncher Application uses?? Something along the lines of Code: $ cat ebook_file \| grep "^search_term$" should work shouldn't it! Even the UI could remain the same except you would have to select a file. The only problem may be in parsing the PDF, LRF files to get plain text. Something like the 'strings' util should work though right? Tell me what you think. Thank you.

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08-17-2008, 09:20 PM	#2
DrMoze Booknut Posts: 858 Karma: 2852 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida! Device: Sony Reader 500/505/300/350, Nook Glowlight Plus (6")	It's a 'Reader,' not a 'Searcher'!

08-18-2008, 10:51 AM	#3
Peadar Ó Guilín Author of The Inferior Posts: 121 Karma: 200001 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ireland Device: Sony PRS-505, Kindle 3 (soon...)	I just tried 'strings' on a pdf to no avail. There's bound to be a way, though. It would be remarkably useful.

08-18-2008, 11:44 AM	#4
dynamike Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 11 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: DR800SG, PRS-505	One challenge with this approach would be to match the hits to the appropriate places/pages in the lrf/epub/pdf document -- if search is used to locate a particular location inside an ebook. Which is what I normally use it for (when using a pocketpc).

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