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When comparing GrepWin vs Dmagic Orbital Science, the Slant community recommends Dmagic Orbital Science for most people. In the question“What are the best GUI grep implementations for Windows?” Dmagic Orbital Science is ranked 3rd while GrepWin is ranked 6th.
Specs
PlatformsWindows
TechnologyC++
PlatformsWindows
TechnologyC#
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Pros
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.
Pro Adds a lot of science equipment
Pro Excellent addition to the science system
Cons
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.
Con Art style isn't the best
Not as good as some others, but you won't care since they play so well in-game.