📁📚Intermediate
Print Patterns Matching From a File
Pattern search in file
Search for patterns in a file and print matching lines.
Program Code
pattern_match_file.c
C
1#include <stdio.h>2#include <string.h>34int main() {5 FILE *file;6 char line[256];7 char pattern[50];8 int lineNum = 0, matches = 0;9 10 printf("Enter pattern to search: ");11 scanf("%49s", pattern);12 13 file = fopen("data.txt", "r");14 if (file == NULL) {15 printf("Cannot open file!\n");16 return 1;17 }18 19 printf("\nMatching lines:\n");20 printf("===============\n");21 22 while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file)) {23 lineNum++;24 if (strstr(line, pattern) != NULL) {25 printf("Line %d: %s", lineNum, line);26 matches++;27 }28 }29 30 printf("\nTotal matches: %d\n", matches);31 32 fclose(file);33 return 0;34}Output
Enter pattern to search: error
Matching lines:
===============
Line 5: Error: File not found
Line 12: Warning: error in line 10
Line 23: error handler activated
Total matches: 3
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