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+import logging
+from typing import Any, List, Optional
+from volatility3.framework import constants, interfaces
+import re
+
+vollog = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CLIFilter:
+    def __init__(self, treegrid, filters: List[str]):
+        self._filters = self._prepare(treegrid, filters)
+
+    def _prepare(self, treegrid: interfaces.renderers.TreeGrid, filters: List[str]):
+        """Runs through the filter strings and creates the necessary filter objects"""
+        output = []
+
+        for filter in filters:
+            exclude = False
+            regex = False
+            pattern = None
+            column_name = None
+            if filter.startswith("-"):
+                exclude = True
+                filter = filter[1:]
+            elif filter.startswith("+"):
+                filter = filter[1:]
+            components = filter.split(",")
+            if len(components) < 2:
+                pattern = components[0]
+            else:
+                column_name = components[0]
+                pattern = ",".join(components[1:])
+            if pattern and pattern.endswith("!"):
+                regex = True
+                pattern = pattern[:-1]
+            column_num = None
+            if column_name:
+                for num, column in enumerate(treegrid.columns):
+                    if column_name.lower() in column.name.lower():
+                        column_num = num
+                        break
+            if pattern:
+                output.append(ColumnFilter(column_num, pattern, regex, exclude))
+
+        vollog.log(constants.LOGLEVEL_VVV, "Filters:\n" + repr(output))
+
+        return output
+
+    def filter(
+        self,
+        row: List[Any],
+    ) -> bool:
+        """Filters the row based on each of the column_filters"""
+        found = any([column_filter.found(row) for column_filter in self._filters])
+        return not found
+
+
+class ColumnFilter:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        column_num: Optional[int],
+        pattern: str,
+        regex: bool = False,
+        exclude: bool = False,
+    ) -> None:
+        self.column_num = column_num
+        self.pattern = pattern
+        self.exclude = exclude
+        self.regex = regex
+
+    def find(self, item) -> bool:
+        """Identifies whether an item is found in the appropriate column"""
+        try:
+            if self.regex:
+                return re.search(self.pattern, f"{item}")
+            return self.pattern in f"{item}"
+        except IOError:
+            return False
+
+    def found(self, row: List[Any]) -> bool:
+        """Determines whether a row should be filtered
+
+        If the classes exclude value is false, and the necessary pattern is found, the row is not filtered,
+        otherwise it is filtered.
+        """
+        if self.column_num is None:
+            found = any([self.find(x) for x in row])
+        else:
+            found = self.find(row[self.column_num])
+        if self.exclude:
+            return not found
+        return found
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        """Returns a display of a column filter"""
+        return f"ColumnFilter(column={self.column_num},exclude={self.exclude},regex={self.regex},pattern={self.pattern})"