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+# Development tool - search command plugin
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Intel Corporation
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+"""Devtool search plugin"""
+
+import os
+import bb
+import logging
+import argparse
+import re
+from devtool import setup_tinfoil, DevtoolError
+
+logger = logging.getLogger('devtool')
+
+def search(args, config, basepath, workspace):
+    """Entry point for the devtool 'search' subcommand"""
+
+    tinfoil = setup_tinfoil(config_only=True, basepath=basepath)
+    pkgdata_dir = tinfoil.config_data.getVar('PKGDATA_DIR', True)
+    tinfoil.shutdown()
+
+    keyword_rc = re.compile(args.keyword)
+
+    for fn in os.listdir(pkgdata_dir):
+        pfn = os.path.join(pkgdata_dir, fn)
+        if not os.path.isfile(pfn):
+            continue
+
+        packages = []
+        match = False
+        if keyword_rc.search(fn):
+            match = True
+
+        if not match:
+            with open(pfn, 'r') as f:
+                for line in f:
+                    if line.startswith('PACKAGES:'):
+                        packages = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip().split()
+
+            for pkg in packages:
+                if keyword_rc.search(pkg):
+                    match = True
+                    break
+                if os.path.exists(os.path.join(pkgdata_dir, 'runtime', pkg + '.packaged')):
+                    with open(os.path.join(pkgdata_dir, 'runtime', pkg), 'r') as f:
+                        for line in f:
+                            if ': ' in line:
+                                splitline = line.split(':', 1)
+                                key = splitline[0]
+                                value = splitline[1].strip()
+                            if key in ['PKG_%s' % pkg, 'DESCRIPTION', 'FILES_INFO'] or key.startswith('FILERPROVIDES_'):
+                                if keyword_rc.search(value):
+                                    match = True
+                                    break
+
+        if match:
+            print(fn)
+
+    return 0
+
+def register_commands(subparsers, context):
+    """Register devtool subcommands from this plugin"""
+    parser_search = subparsers.add_parser('search', help='Search available recipes',
+                                            description='Searches for available target recipes. Matches on recipe name, package name, description and installed files, and prints the recipe name on match.')
+    parser_search.add_argument('keyword', help='Keyword to search for (regular expression syntax allowed)')
+    parser_search.set_defaults(func=search)