diff --git a/lab2/src/part1_searcher.cpp b/lab2/src/part1_searcher.cpp
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+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <chrono>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	auto startmain = chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+	if(argc != 5)
+	{
+		cout <<"usage: ./partitioner.out <path-to-file> <pattern> <search-start-position> <search-end-position>\nprovided arguments:\n";
+		for(int i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+			cout << argv[i] << "\n";
+		return -1;
+	}
+	
+	char *file_to_search_in = argv[1];
+	char *pattern_to_search_for = argv[2];
+	int len = sizeof(pattern_to_search_for);
+	int search_start_position = atoi(argv[3]);
+	int search_end_position = atoi(argv[4]);
+	int find = 0;
+	ifstream file(file_to_search_in, ios::binary);
+	//TODO
+	for(int i = search_start_position; i < search_end_position; ++i) {
+		char *buffer = new char[len];
+		file.seekg(i);
+		file.read(buffer, len);
+		if(!strcmp(buffer, pattern_to_search_for)) {
+			cout << "[1] found at" << " " << i << endl;
+			find = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	if(find == 0) cout << "[1] didn't find\n";
+	auto endmain = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
+	chrono::duration<double> mainduration = endmain - startmain;
+	cout << mainduration.count() << endl;
+	return 0;
+}