my %lookfor: shared; @lookfor{ @ARGV } = ();

##</code><code>##

$line =~ $_ and $lookfor->{ $_ } = $line for keys %{ $lookfor };

##</code><code>##

last if keys %$lookfor == grep defined, values %$lookfor;

##</code><code>##

my @dones  : shared = ( 0 ) x @cmds;

##</code><code>##

	\$dones[ $_ ],

##</code><code>##

$$doneRef = 1;

##</code><code>##

sleep 1 while grep( $_, @dones ) < @cmds;

##</code><code>##

				## Set the quitNow if the value indicates this
				$$quitNow = ( $lookfor->{ $_ } eq '1' );

##</code><code>##

#! perl -slw
use strict;
use threads qw[ async ];
use threads::shared;

our $DRIVES ||= 'C';

die "Nothing to search for" unless $ARGV[ 0 ];

sub runAndCheck {
	my( $cmd, $doneRef, $quitNow, $lookfor ) = @_;
	
	## Execute the command and retain the pid 
	my $pid = open CMD, "$cmd |" or die "$cmd : $!";
	
	## While we haven't been told to quit
	## And ther eis still output from teh commands
	while( not $$quitNow and  my $line = <CMD> ) {
		chomp $line;
		
		## If the number of keys == the number of true values 
		## We've found (1 of) everything, so we go home.
		last if keys %$lookfor == grep $_, values %$lookfor;
		
		## For each of the search terms
		for ( keys %{ $lookfor } ) {
			## Skip it if someone already found it
			next if $lookfor->{ $_ } and $lookfor->{ $_ } ne '1';
			
			## If this line contains it
			if( $line =~ $_ ) {
				## Set the quitNow if the value indicates this
				$$quitNow = ( $lookfor->{ $_ } eq '1' );
				
				## And record the context.
				$lookfor->{ $_ } = $line;
			}
		}
	}
	close CMD; 		##Shut the pipe
	kill 1, $pid;	## Kill the child process
	$$doneRef = 1;  ## Flag we're done
}

my @cmds = map{ "attrib /s $_:\\* " } split '', $DRIVES;
my @dones  : shared = ( 0 ) x @cmds; ## Used to indicate when the threads are done
my %lookfor: shared;                 ## Used to pas teh search terms in. and the results out.
my $quitNow: shared = 0;			 ## Used to signal early termination

for my $searchTerm ( @ARGV ) {
	## look for and remove the trailing 'stopper' flag
	## $1 will be defined if it is found.
	$searchTerm =~ s[(!)?$][];
	
	## Set the flag true if it was and false otherwise
	$lookfor{ $searchTerm } = defined $1;
}

##start the threads
async{ 
	runAndCheck( 
		$cmds[ $_ ],
		\$dones[ $_ ],
		\$quitNow,
		\%lookfor		
	);
}->detach for 0 .. $#cmds;

## Wait until all the reads signal they are done
## Ie. count the number of true values in @done
## and continue waiting while this is less than the number of @cmds
sleep 1 while grep( $_, @dones ) < @cmds;

## If we found anything, report it
if( grep defined, %lookfor ) {
	printf "%20s : %s\n", $_,
		( $lookfor{ $_ } and $lookfor{ $_ } ne '1' )
		? " was found at '$lookfor{ $_ }'"
		: " was not found."
			for keys %lookfor;
}
else {
	print "None of @ARGV were found";
}

__END__
## No 'stopper flag', everything is found
P:\test>412014 -DRIVES=CDPR junk\.htm$ 412014 copyrght  cmd\.exe  CMD\.EXE$
           CMD\.EXE$ :  was found at 'A          C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CMD.EXE'
            cmd\.exe :  was found at 'A          C:\Program Files\Classic PhoneTools\inssuitecmd.exe'
              412014 :  was found at 'A          P:\test\412014.pl'
          junk\.htm$ :  was found at 'A          P:\test\junk.htm'
            copyrght :  was found at '     R     R:\cookbook\copyrght.htm'

## A 'stopper flag' set on an item (that also hapens to be early in the search path)
## and the other thread quit before having found anything
P:\test>412014 -DRIVES=CDPR junk\.htm$ 412014 copyrght!  cmd\.exe  CMD\.EXE$
           CMD\.EXE$ :  was not found.
            cmd\.exe :  was not found.
              412014 :  was not found.
          junk\.htm$ :  was not found.
            copyrght :  was found at '     R     R:\cookbook\copyrght.htm'