From 2b9a2201b641e9916a7b4cf7567df2ab9207c1d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PrincessPi3 <princesspi@proton.me>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2025 13:41:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] makan find_bytes fuckin works

---
 customscripts/find_bytes | 19 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/customscripts/find_bytes b/customscripts/find_bytes
index 80be015..ff13928 100644
--- a/customscripts/find_bytes
+++ b/customscripts/find_bytes
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 if [ -z "$1" -o -z "$2" ]; then
-	echo -e "usage:\n\tbash find_bytes.sh <path> <bytes string>\n\t\tex. bash find_bytes.sh /path/to/dir \"\\\x20\\\x20\""
+	echo -e "usage:\n\tfind_bytes <bytes regex> <path> \n\t\tex. find_bytes '[\x{20}]' /path/to/dir"
 	exit
+else
+	# ugrep
+	# -W hexdump binary matches, while keeping text matches as text
+	# -z decompress files if need be to scan them
+	# -R recursive
+	# ug -W -z -R <bytes regex> <path>
+	ug -W -z -R $1 "$2"
 fi
-
-# took a fuckton of experimentation to figure out da escapes lmfao
-double_bytes="$2" # rename it
-path=$1 # rename it
-
-# format ddmmyyyy-HHMM-SS
-log="./recursive-binwalk-$(date +"%d%m%Y-%H%M-%S").txt" # make da log name
-
-# watch your escapes here. some needs escape, redundant escape, or no escape
-find "$path" -type f -exec /bin/bash -c "cmd=\"binwalk --log=$log --raw=$double_bytes {}\"; echo -e \"\n\n==\nfile: {}\nlog: $log\ncommand: \$(printf \\\"%q\\\" \$cmd)\" | tee -a $log; exec \$cmd" \;