Build CLI Application to Detect Plagiarism in Source Code Files

A CLI Application to detect plagiarism in Source Code Files.

Prerequisites

• Python >= v3.0

Installation

• Clone this repository.
• Run the following in the terminal.

cd <path_to_repository>
python setup.py install

This will install the package on your local system.

Commands

• Check the version of Plag.

plag --version

• Comparing Source Code Files for similarity.

plag compare ../data/file1.cpp ../data --filetype cpp 

• Extracting features of a Source Code file.

plag extract ../data/file1.cpp

• Handling user preferences
  • Show current preferences
  • Set a preference
  • Reset all preferences

Issues

• In case of permission errors, try running the terminal as administrator.
   

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Author: DivyanshFalodiya

Official Website: https://github.com/DivyanshFalodiya/plagiarism-detector