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Add to SafariWhen comparing PowerGREP vs GrepWin, the Slant community recommends PowerGREP for most people. In the question“What are the best grep implementations for Windows?” PowerGREP is ranked 2nd while GrepWin is ranked 4th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Price is reasonable for such a powerful tool.
Pro 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.
Pro Accessible from the right-click menu
You can easily search inside folders by right clicking them.
Pro Powerful data collection features
Pro Supports ZIP files
Pro Free and open source
GrepWin is completely free and open source. It's released under GPL.
Pro RegEx support
Pro Portable Version
A portable version without installation is available.
Pro Can search hidden directories/files
GrepWin can also search for hidden directories or files with no problem.
Cons
Con Paid
PowerGREP is not free and costs at least 119 EUROS for a single license.
Con Complicated to use GUI, not intuitive to use
Con Can only search .txt files
Con No way to export the results
If one wishes to export the results from grep into a text file or any other format, there's no way to do it with GrepWin.
