Added stream option to pmatch

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/patternutils/commands/pmatch.py b/patternutils/commands/pmatch.py
index c5800fe..481ba39 100644
--- a/patternutils/commands/pmatch.py
+++ b/patternutils/commands/pmatch.py
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ def apply_regex(
               help='match on full path instead of only filename')
 @click.option('-p', '--use-predefined-pattern', is_flag=True, default=False,
               help='use predefined regex pattern')
+@click.option('--stream', is_flag=True, default=False,
+              help='Output a stream of objects instead a list of objects')
 @click.option('-v', '--verbose', is_flag=True, default=False,
               help='explain what is being done')
 @click.version_option()
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ def pmatch(
     abort_on_no_match: bool,
     match_full_path: bool,
     use_predefined_pattern: bool,
+    stream: bool,
     verbose: bool,
 ) -> None:
 
@@ -104,7 +107,11 @@ def pmatch(
     if has_invalid_matches and abort_on_no_match:
         raise SystemExit
 
-    click.echo(json.dumps(matches))
+    if stream:
+        for m in matches:
+            click.echo(json.dumps(m))
+    else:
+        click.echo(json.dumps(matches))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':