From b606caa688a2fd65309c9918ced2db68cfd974ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aryan Singh <asing271@illinois.edu>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2026 20:51:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update client.py

---
 MP1/client.py | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MP1/client.py b/MP1/client.py
index 91d5d83..0bd4618 100644
--- a/MP1/client.py
+++ b/MP1/client.py
@@ -68,15 +68,17 @@ def grep_all_ips(ips, cmd):
     
     return match_count
 
-while True:
-    cmd = input(">> ").strip()
-    match_count = grep_all_ips(ALL_IPS, cmd)
+#get all the argument of call 
+import sys
 
-    print("=========================== SUMMARY ===========================")
-    for i, count in enumerate(match_count):
-        if count == -1:
-            print(f"machine.{i + 1}.log: Connection failed")
-        else:
-            print(f"machine.{i + 1}.log: {count} matches")
-    print(f"Total matches: {max(0, sum(match_count))}")
-    print("===============================================================")
\ No newline at end of file
+cmd = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
+match_count = grep_all_ips(ALL_IPS, cmd)
+
+print("=========================== SUMMARY ===========================")
+for i, count in enumerate(match_count):
+    if count == -1:
+        print(f"machine.{i + 1}.log: Connection failed")
+    else:
+        print(f"machine.{i + 1}.log: {count} matches")
+print(f"Total matches: {max(0, sum(match_count))}")
+print("===============================================================")
\ No newline at end of file