name: plagcheck
synopsis: plagcheck [options]
descr: uses Stanford's MOSS site to check for code plagiarism

options:
 -h, --help: display this help message and exit
 -l, --language: the programming language [c]
 -t, --threshold: the minimum similarity threshold [75]
 -u, --usage: display a usage message
  
examples:

 plagcheck -l c /home/user1/code /home/user2/code

  searches the specified directories for C code (ending in .c) and
  analyzes the files for similarities

 plagcheck -l python -t 80 /home/user1/code

  searches the specified directories for python code (ending in .py) and
  analyzes the files for similarities of 80% or higher

notes:

(1) The list of languages supported are:

     c: for C/C++ files that has the extensions [".c", ".cc", ".cpp"]
     matlab: for MATLAB files that has the extensions [".m", ".matlab"]
     python: for Python files that has the extensions [".py]

    The value shown is the value you should specify for "--language".

(2) The threshold option allows you to specify the minimum threshold for
    similar files. A threshold of 50 would display all scores with a
    similarity score of 50% or higher.

(3) This tool connects to the Stanford MOSS server: moss.standford.edu.
    If the server is down an error message will be displayed.

(4) To learn more about Standford's Measure of Similarity Software (MOSS),
    go here: https://theory.stanford.edu/~aiken/moss/