diff --git a/cmd/fileContent.go b/cmd/fileContent.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9fc994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/fileContent.go
@@ -0,0 +1,285 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+
+	sbRegex "github.com/NETWAYS/check_system_basics/internal/common/regexp"
+	fileContent "github.com/NETWAYS/check_system_basics/internal/files"
+	"github.com/NETWAYS/go-check"
+	"github.com/NETWAYS/go-check/result"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var FileContentConfig fileContent.FileContentconfig
+
+var fileContentCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:     "fileContent",
+	Short:   "Submodule to test for different properties on file content ",
+	Example: ``,
+	Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+		if len(FileContentConfig.Paths) == 0 {
+			check.Exit(check.Unknown, "At least one path (--paths) must be selected")
+		}
+
+		// Input sanity check
+		for _, inputPath := range FileContentConfig.Paths {
+			if !path.IsAbs(inputPath) {
+				check.Exit(check.Unknown, fmt.Sprintf("Path %s is not an absolute path, but must be one", inputPath))
+			}
+		}
+
+		overall := result.Overall{}
+
+		// find files
+		for _, inputPath := range FileContentConfig.Paths {
+			sc, err := PathEvaluation(inputPath, FileContentConfig)
+			if err != nil {
+				check.ExitError(err)
+			}
+
+			overall.AddSubcheck(sc)
+		}
+
+		check.Exit(overall.GetStatus(), overall.GetOutput())
+	},
+}
+
+func PathEvaluation(path string, config fileContent.FileContentconfig) (*result.PartialResult, error) {
+	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// nolint: nestif
+	if fileInfo.IsDir() {
+		// Input path is a directory
+		// apply conditions for all files inside
+		partialDir := result.NewPartialResult()
+		partialDir.SetDefaultState(check.OK)
+		partialDir.SetOutput(path)
+
+		dirs, err := os.ReadDir(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for _, dirEntry := range dirs {
+			if dirEntry.IsDir() {
+				if config.Recursive {
+					// TODO head down
+					ssc, err := PathEvaluation(filepath.Join(path, dirEntry.Name()), config)
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, err
+					}
+
+					partialDir.AddSubcheck(ssc)
+				}
+
+				// non recursive, ignore the dir
+				continue
+			}
+
+			// it's a file!
+			fileSC, err := EvaluateFile(filepath.Join(path, dirEntry.Name()), config)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			partialDir.AddSubcheck(fileSC)
+		}
+
+		return partialDir, nil
+	}
+
+	// Input path is a file
+	// apply conditions directly
+	return EvaluateFile(path, config)
+}
+
+// EvaluateFile receives a path and some evaluation parameters
+// and applies the conditions to the file content
+// nolint: gocognit,gocyclo
+func EvaluateFile(path string, config fileContent.FileContentconfig) (*result.PartialResult, error) { // nolint: gocognit
+	evaluationResult := result.NewPartialResult()
+	evaluationResult.SetDefaultState(check.OK)
+
+	baseName := filepath.Base(path)
+	evaluationResult.SetOutput(baseName)
+
+	// Evaluation
+	// -- Pattern matching in file
+	// nolint: nestif
+	if (len(config.OKPatterns) != 0) || (len(config.WarningPatterns) != 0) || (len(config.CriticalPatterns) != 0) || config.MetricPattern.IsSet {
+		// Pattern matching priority:
+		// if Critical > Warning > OK
+		// start with critical and first match wins
+		foundOKPattern := false
+		foundWarningPattern := false
+		foundCriticalPattern := false
+		foundMetric := false
+
+		var metric float64
+
+		var patternFound sbRegex.SBRegex
+
+		fileDesc, err := os.Open(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(fileDesc)
+
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			if !foundCriticalPattern {
+				for _, critPattern := range config.CriticalPatterns {
+					if critPattern.Regex.MatchString(scanner.Text()) {
+						foundCriticalPattern = true
+						patternFound = critPattern
+
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if !foundWarningPattern {
+				for _, warnPattern := range config.WarningPatterns {
+					if warnPattern.Regex.MatchString(scanner.Text()) {
+						foundWarningPattern = true
+						patternFound = warnPattern
+
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if !foundOKPattern {
+				for _, okPattern := range config.OKPatterns {
+					if okPattern.Regex.MatchString(scanner.Text()) {
+						foundOKPattern = true
+						patternFound = okPattern
+
+						break
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if config.MetricPattern.IsSet {
+				if config.MetricPattern.Regex.MatchString(scanner.Text()) {
+					foundMetric = true
+					matchSlice := config.MetricPattern.Regex.FindStringSubmatch(scanner.Text())
+
+					if matchSlice == nil {
+						check.ExitError(errors.New("metrix regex submatch failed somehow"))
+					}
+
+					metric, err = strconv.ParseFloat(matchSlice[1], 64)
+					if err != nil {
+						check.ExitError(err)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (config.MetricPattern.IsSet || foundMetric) &&
+				(len(config.CriticalPatterns) == 0 || foundCriticalPattern) &&
+				(len(config.WarningPatterns) == 0 || foundWarningPattern) &&
+				(len(config.OKPatterns) == 0 || foundOKPattern) {
+				// Abort if we are done
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Scanner failure?
+		err = scanner.Err()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		scPattern := result.NewPartialResult()
+		scPattern.SetDefaultState(config.NotFoundStatus.Status)
+
+		if !foundCriticalPattern && !foundWarningPattern && !foundOKPattern {
+			scPattern.SetState(config.NotFoundStatus.Status)
+			scPattern.SetOutput("Regex pattern did not match in file")
+		} else {
+			// ok we found something
+			scPattern.SetOutput("Found pattern \"" + patternFound.String() + "\"")
+
+			// nolint: gocritic
+			if foundCriticalPattern {
+				scPattern.SetState(check.Critical)
+			} else if foundWarningPattern {
+				scPattern.SetState(check.Warning)
+			} else {
+				scPattern.SetState(check.OK)
+			}
+		}
+
+		evaluationResult.AddSubcheck(scPattern)
+
+		if config.MetricPattern.IsSet {
+			// Expected a metric match
+			scMetric := result.NewPartialResult()
+
+			if !foundMetric {
+				scMetric.SetState(config.MetricNotFoundStatus.Status)
+				scMetric.SetOutput("Metric not found")
+			} else {
+				scMetric.SetState(check.OK)
+				scMetric.SetOutput(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %g", config.MetricLabel, metric))
+
+				pdMetrcis := check.Perfdata{
+					Value: metric,
+					Label: config.MetricLabel,
+				}
+
+				if config.MetricThresholds.Warn.IsSet {
+					pdMetrcis.Warn = &config.MetricThresholds.Warn.Th
+				}
+
+				if config.MetricThresholds.Warn.Th.DoesViolate(metric) {
+					scMetric.SetState(check.Warning)
+				}
+
+				if config.MetricThresholds.Crit.IsSet {
+					pdMetrcis.Crit = &config.MetricThresholds.Crit.Th
+				}
+
+				if config.MetricThresholds.Crit.Th.DoesViolate(metric) {
+					scMetric.SetState(check.Critical)
+				}
+
+				scMetric.AddPerfdata(&pdMetrcis)
+			}
+
+			evaluationResult.AddSubcheck(scMetric)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return evaluationResult, nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(fileContentCmd)
+	fileContentCmd.DisableFlagsInUseLine = true
+
+	fileContentFS := fileContentCmd.Flags()
+	fileContentFS.StringArrayVar(&FileContentConfig.Paths, "paths", []string{}, "File paths to evaluate")
+	fileContentFS.BoolVar(&FileContentConfig.Recursive, "recursive", false, "Recursively test all files in \"paths\"")
+
+	fileContentFS.Var(&FileContentConfig.OKPatterns, "ok-pattern", "Regex pattern in file which are OK")
+	fileContentFS.Var(&FileContentConfig.WarningPatterns, "warning-pattern", "Regex pattern in file which cause a WARNING")
+	fileContentFS.Var(&FileContentConfig.CriticalPatterns, "critical-pattern", "Regex pattern in file which cause a CRITICAL")
+	fileContentFS.Var(&FileContentConfig.NotFoundStatus, "not-found-status", "Exit status if none of the patterns apply (OK (0), warning (1), critical (2), Uknown (3)) (default: OK)")
+
+	fileContentFS.Var(&FileContentConfig.MetricPattern, "metric-pattern", "Regex pattern to find numerical values in the file")
+	fileContentFS.StringVar(&FileContentConfig.MetricLabel, "metric-label", "metric", "(Perfdata) label for matched metrics")
+	fileContentFS.Var(&FileContentConfig.MetricThresholds.Warn, "metric-warning", "Warning threshold for the matched metric")
+	fileContentFS.Var(&FileContentConfig.MetricThresholds.Crit, "metric-critical", "Critical threshold for the matched metric")
+	fileContentFS.Var(&FileContentConfig.MetricNotFoundStatus, "metric-not-found-status", "Exit status if the metric patterns were not found. (OK (0), warning (1), critical (2), Uknown (3)) (default: OK)")
+}
diff --git a/internal/common/regexp/regexp.go b/internal/common/regexp/regexp.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f835bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/common/regexp/regexp.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package regexp
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type SBRegex struct {
+	Regex regexp.Regexp
+	IsSet bool
+}
+
+type SBRegexList []SBRegex
+
+func (s *SBRegex) String() string {
+	return s.Regex.String()
+}
+
+func (s *SBRegex) Type() string {
+	return "Golang re regular Expression"
+}
+
+func (s *SBRegex) Set(input string) error {
+	re, err := regexp.Compile(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	s.Regex = *re
+	s.IsSet = true
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *SBRegexList) String() string {
+	builder := strings.Builder{}
+
+	length := len(*s)
+	for index, entry := range *s {
+		if index == length-1 {
+			builder.WriteString(entry.String())
+		} else {
+			builder.WriteString(entry.String() + ", ")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return builder.String()
+}
+
+func (s *SBRegexList) Type() string {
+	return "Golang re regular Expression list"
+}
+
+func (s *SBRegexList) Set(input string) error {
+	re, err := regexp.Compile(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	newFoo := SBRegex{
+		Regex: *re,
+		IsSet: true,
+	}
+
+	*s = append(*s, newFoo)
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/common/status/status.go b/internal/common/status/status.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c2e2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/common/status/status.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package status
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+
+	// "strings"
+
+	"github.com/NETWAYS/go-check"
+	// "github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+type Status struct {
+	Status check.Status
+	IsSet  bool
+}
+
+func (s *Status) String() string {
+	return s.Status.String()
+}
+
+func (s *Status) Type() string {
+	return "Monitoring Plugin Status"
+}
+
+func (s *Status) Set(input string) error {
+	tmp, err := check.NewStatusFromString(input)
+	if err == nil {
+		s.Status = tmp
+		s.IsSet = true
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	intStatus, err := strconv.Atoi(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert input \"%s\" to status", input)
+	}
+
+	tmp, err = check.NewStatus(intStatus)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to convert input \"%s\" to status", input)
+	}
+
+	s.IsSet = true
+	s.Status = tmp
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/files/fileContent.go b/internal/files/fileContent.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..277d28a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/files/fileContent.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package fileContent
+
+import (
+	"github.com/NETWAYS/check_system_basics/internal/common/regexp"
+	"github.com/NETWAYS/check_system_basics/internal/common/status"
+	"github.com/NETWAYS/check_system_basics/internal/common/thresholds"
+)
+
+type FileContentconfig struct {
+	Paths                []string
+	OKPatterns           regexp.SBRegexList
+	WarningPatterns      regexp.SBRegexList
+	CriticalPatterns     regexp.SBRegexList
+	NotFoundStatus       status.Status
+	Recursive            bool
+	MetricPattern        regexp.SBRegex
+	MetricLabel          string
+	MetricThresholds     thresholds.Thresholds
+	MetricNotFoundStatus status.Status
+}