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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// TODO this should not search a bleve index
+// TODO this should really only return md/txt/org files?
+// TODO this should handle arguments intelligently
+func main() {
+	// TODO this should be the second argument
+	// TODO how can I make this work for symlinks?
+	dir := "/home/ryan/Sync/Notes"
+	note_path := "journal.teacher.preperation"
+
+	all_files := note_paths(dir)
+	matching_files := note_matches(note_path, all_files)
+
+	for key, value := range matching_files {
+		_ = key
+		fmt.Println(value)
+	}
+
+	// fmt.Println(matching_files)
+
+	// var note_path string
+	// if len(os.Args) > 1 {
+	// 	note_path := os.Args[1]
+	// 	check_file(note_path)
+	// } else {
+	// 	note_path = os.Args[2]
+	// }
+
+}
+
+// TODO
+func check_file(note_path string) {
+	fmt.Println("Is it the path to a file, on the disk, that I can find?, If not stop and ask for user input")
+	fmt.Println("I need to check if the file is actually a file and otherwise print a warning")
+	os.Stdout.WriteString("Warning: This has not been implemented")
+}
+
+// Walk through a directory and append all files and directories to an array
+func note_paths(dir string) []string {
+	var files_list []string
+
+	err := filepath.WalkDir(dir,
+		func(path string, d os.DirEntry, err error) error {
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			// if !strings.Contains(path, ".git") {
+			// No dotFiles
+			Is_matchedQ, _ := regexp.MatchString(".git.*|^[.].*|zap*|~$", path)
+			if !Is_matchedQ {
+				files_list = append(files_list, path)
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+	}
+	// return []string{"g", "h", "i"}
+	return files_list
+}
+
+func note_matches(target_string string, all_strings []string) []string {
+	var matching_files []string
+	for _, file := range all_strings {
+		content, err := os.ReadFile(file)
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		content_string := string(content)
+		matchedQ := strings.Contains(content_string, target_string)
+
+		if matchedQ {
+			matching_files = append(matching_files, file)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return matching_files
+}