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What are the best GUI grep implementations for Windows?
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Best GUI grep implementations for Windows
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AstroGrep
Free
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PowerGREP
Paid
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dnGrep
Free
Windows
C#
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BareGrep
Free / paid
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Blink code search
FREE
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AstroGrep
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AstroGrep
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AstroGrep
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Very fast
AstroGrep is very fast, it works great and runs searches smoothly even on HDD, with the difference in speed between the former and SDD not very noticeable.
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Cannot search in PDF
Does not support searching in PDF files.
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HonorableSirara's Experience
Using it since a week, best implementation of grep in windows. thanks for the team.
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Portable
Can be zipped and uploaded to a USB and then unzipped when needed.
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WittySreng's Experience
Freeware. Simple and easy to use.
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Shows more than the line search
AstroGrep can show more than just the line search, for example the --context=NUM of a command-line GREP.
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AssertiveMaia's Experience
Thought about PowerGREP but it's too expensive. I've been using AstroGrep for a few years and it's been perfect for searching code and log files.
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Supports exporting results
The results can be exported from a search into a text file.
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StudiousMaat's Experience
Small and Fast
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Easy to learn and use
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Free
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PowerGREP
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PowerGREP
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PowerGREP
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Paid
PowerGREP is not free and costs at least 119 EUROS for a single license.
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Easy to use GUI
PowerGREP has a very easy to use GUI, with a great preview mode that allows you to be sure on what you are replacing.
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Accessible from the right-click menu
You can easily search inside folders by right clicking them.
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Syntax coloring
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dnGrep
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dnGrep
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dnGrep
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Available in the right click menu
You can search inside folders by right clicking on them and choosing to search with dnGrep.
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Configuring can take some time
Configuring how the application works may take some time. Though this is only initially since the configuration is kept throughout later sessions.
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ExcitedAtropos's Experience
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Technology:
C#
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Supports advanced search options
dnGrep has some advanced search options such as phonetic searches and xpath.
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Free
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BareGrep
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BareGrep
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BareGrep
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Can save search patterns
With BareGrep you can save any search patterns that you use frequently.
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Cannot filter the log
BareGrep cannot filter out the irrelevant lines from the log (they are simply colored in a different color).
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Blink code search
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Blink code search
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Blink code search
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Support auto complete
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Need to build index in advance
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CaringMegaera's Experience
Available in https://sourceforge.net/projects/blink-code-search. It is a live indexed grep mainly for source code and text file.
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Free and open source
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Available in Windows and Linux
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Live grep
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FREE
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GrepWin
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GrepWin
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GrepWin
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5
Pros
3
Cons
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RegEx support
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No way to export the results
If you wish to export the results from grep into a text file or any other format, there's no way to do it with GrepWin.
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Platforms:
Windows
Technology:
C++
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Free and open source
GrepWin is completely free and open source. It's released under GPL.
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Can search hidden directories/files
GrepWin can also search for hidden directories or files with no problem.
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Free
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Windows Grep
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Windows Grep
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Windows Grep
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No longer available...
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Search-and-replace support
Windows Grep has support for search-and-replace text. This is very helpful if you want to edit files en-masse.
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NiceAglaophonos's Experience
No longer available...
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Hasn't been updated in a while
Windows Grep hasn't had a new stable release in a while. The released version has Windows 7 listed as the latest version of Windows supported.
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