From 994df7ac9c821aacd2a4ec4b5311530f8d11bc08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chad Horohoe <chad@horohoe.email>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:50:51 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Filter containers via regex

Allows for dumping a subset of all containers without having to list them all explicitly.

`autocompose.py --all --filter "foo-[0-9]*"`
---
 autocompose.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/autocompose.py b/autocompose.py
index acc99a9e..a25f8e3a 100644
--- a/autocompose.py
+++ b/autocompose.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
 import argparse
 import datetime
+import re
 import sys
 
 from collections import OrderedDict
@@ -77,6 +78,12 @@ def main():
         action="store_true",
         help="Create new volumes instead of reusing existing ones",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-f",
+        "--filter",
+        type=str,
+        help="Filter containers by regex",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     container_names = args.cnames
@@ -84,6 +91,10 @@ def main():
     if args.all:
         container_names.extend(list_container_names())
 
+    if args.filter:
+        cfilter = re.compile(args.filter)
+        container_names = [c for c in container_names if cfilter.search(c)]
+
     struct = {}
     networks = {}
     volumes = {}