Saturday, April 9, 2022

[SOLVED] What are good grep tools for Windows?

Issue

Any recommendations on grep tools for Windows? Ideally ones that could leverage 64-bit OS.

I'm aware of href="http://www.cygwin.com/" rel="noreferrer">Cygwin, of course, and have also found PowerGREP, but I'm wondering if there are any hidden gems out there?


Solution

Based on recommendations in the comments, I've started using grepWin and it's fantastic and free.


(I'm still a fan of PowerGREP, but I don't use it anymore.)

I know you already mentioned it, but PowerGREP is awesome.

Some of my favorite features are:

  • Right-click on a folder to run PowerGREP on it
  • Use regular expressions or literal text
  • Specify wildcards for files to include & exclude
  • Search & replace
  • Preview mode is nice because you can make sure you're replacing what you intend to.

Now I realize that the other grep tools can do all of the above. It's just that PowerGREP packages all of the functionality into a very easy-to-use GUI.

From the same wonderful folks who brought you RegexBuddy and who I have no affiliation with beyond loving their stuff. (It should be noted that RegexBuddy includes a basic version of grep (for Windows) itself and it costs a lot less than PowerGREP.)


Additional solutions

Existing Windows commands

Linux command implementations on Windows

Grep tools with a graphical interface

Additional Grep tools



Answered By - Mark Biek
Answer Checked By - David Goodson (WPSolving Volunteer)