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To enable users to search for patterns in the text of revisions we will provide two additional command line arguments.
To enable users to search for patterns in the text of revisions we will provide two additional command line arguments.


<code>-RP</code> <code>--revision-pattern</code>: a regular expression
<code>-RP</code> <code>--revision-pattern</code>: a regular expression <code>-RPl</code> <code>--revision-pattern-label</code>: a label for the columns output based on matching revisions against the pattern.
 
<code>-RPl</code> <code>--revision-pattern-label</code>: a label for the columns output based on matching revisions against the pattern.


Users may provide multiple revision patterns and accompanying labels. The patterns and the labels must be provided in the same order for wikiq to be able to correctly label the output columns.
Users may provide multiple revision patterns and accompanying labels. The patterns and the labels must be provided in the same order for wikiq to be able to correctly label the output columns.
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In addition to revisions, we also wish to support pattern matching against revision ''summaries''. Therefore we will also add corresponding command line arguments.
In addition to revisions, we also wish to support pattern matching against revision ''summaries''. Therefore we will also add corresponding command line arguments.


<code>-CP</code> <code>--comment-pattern</code>: a regular expression <code>-CPl</code>
<code>-CP</code> <code>--comment-pattern</code>: a regular expression <code>-CPl</code> <code>--comment-pattern-label</code>: a label for the columns output based on matching revisions against the pattern.
 
<code>--comment-pattern-label</code>: a label for the columns output based on matching revisions against the pattern.


== Output ==
== Output ==
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