Alright, so I finally decided to give this “luke rex” thing a try. I’d heard some buzz about it, but I was always a bit hesitant, you know? Like, is it really worth the effort? But my buddy kept nagging me, “Dude, you gotta try it! It’s awesome!” So, I caved.
First things first, I needed to get my hands on it. I went through my usual resources to track down the necessary files. Took a bit of digging, honestly, felt like a treasure hunt!
Getting Started
Once I had everything downloaded, I started by unzipping the * fancy there, just your standard extraction process.
- Unzip the main archive.
- Unzip any nested archives inside.
Then I was looking at a bunch of folders and files and was like “Ok….now what?” I read that it is written in go language, I guess.
Installation
I located an instruction file and try to follow it, but got some dependency errors. I hate to deal with errors and spending time on fixing them. Then I thought “why do I need to install a tool from source?” I looked up the releases pages.
Luckily there are many pre-built packages there. I am using a windows machine. I downloaded the windows amd version. Extracted it. And it is just a single file with extension name “.exe”. Double clicked on it, and a command window poped up. The black background and white font makes me feel like I am a real hacker.
Digging Deeper
I was a bit lost at first, staring at the screen, wondering what to do next. So, I just started typing some commands that I remembered.
I typed help.
It print out a long help messages. I saw an “index” command there and it says it is used for “Create a new search index by crawling a local directory.”. Cool, that is exactly what I need!
Configuration
I’d better find a target directory to let it index, I guess it should be quick.
I use command like this:
index “d:mydocuments”
It took about a few seconds and printed a summary about the index.
Time to see if it works!
The Result
Finally, the moment of truth! I tried a few searches, just random stuff I knew was in those files. And…bam! It worked! Way faster than I expected, to be honest. The results popped up almost instantly. It felt pretty good, like I’d actually accomplished something.
So, yeah, that’s my “luke rex” adventure. It’s kind of a simple tool, but it’s also surprisingly useful. I’m definitely glad I finally gave it a shot. My buddy was right (don’t tell him I said that!).
