Windows Grep

Command line grep-like file search utility for Windows.

No bloated gui or custom console. Just a fast, simple tool that runs in native cmd/powershell.

Supports

- Regular Expressions
- Chained commands
- Filter by Filetype/Filepath/Filesize
- Exports
- Mass replace/delete
- Ease of use: Run from cmd, Powershell and Windows Explorer

INSTALLATION

Installer

1. Visit the release tab (https://github.com/sLill/Windows-Grep/releases)
2. Download and run WindowsGrepSetup.msi (This is the only file you need)

This will install Windows Grep in Program Files (x86), add "grep" to PATH for command line use, and insert a registry key for context menu use within Windows Explorer.

Manual Compilation

1. Clone repo and build the WindowsGrep project as Release
2. Publish WindowsGrep
3. Download Wix Toolset & Wix VS Extension
4. Build the WindowsGrep.Setup project to generate a msi installer in the WindowsGrep.Setup bin

USAGE

Right-click in File Explorer > Windows Grep

OR

Open cmd/powershell > "grep [command]"

REFERENCE

Recursive Search	-r	--recursive
Target Directory	-d	--directory=
Context Characters	-c	--context=
Limit n Results	-n	--results=
Suppress output	-s	--suppress
Ignore Line Breaks	-b	--ignore-breaks
Ignore Case	-i	--ignore-case
Target File	-f	--file=
Plain Text Search	-F	--fixed-strings
Regular Expression Search	-G	--basic-regexp
Filter Files by Type(s) [Inclusive]	-t	--filetype-filter=
Filter Files by Type(s) [Exclusive]	-T	--filetype-exclude-filter=
Filter Filepath(s) by Expression(s) [Inclusive]	-p	--path-filter=
Filter Filepath(s) by Expression(s) [Exclusive]	-P	--path-exclude-filter=
Filenames Only	-k	--filenames-only
FileSize Minimum	-z	--filesize-minimum=
FileSize Maximum	-Z	--filesize-maximum=
Write Output to File	-w	--write=
Replace Text	-RX	--replace=
Delete Files	-DX	--delete-files
File Hashes		--hash= (0=SHA256, 1=MD5)

* See documentation for detailed command descriptions

Command Order
Order of flags and the search term is completely flexible

EXAMPLE COMMANDS

Recursive search for file content containing "Dug".
-r Dug

Recursive search for file names containing "Dug".
-r -k Dug

Search for file content containing "Dug" or "Dig". ignore-case.
-i D[ui]g

Filter for .txt and .cs files only. Additionally, filter out files in bin and obj subdirectories
Dug -t .txt;.cs -P bin;obj

Show 100 characters of context around the match.
Dug -c 100

Search for filenames containing "Dug". Additionally, search the files returned from command one for content containing "mike"
-r Dug -k | -i mike

Match phone number
[+]?[(]?[0-9]{3}[)]?[-\s.]?[0-9]{3}[-\s.]?[0-9]{4,6}

Recursive search. US zipcode expression. Filter out .dll matches. Limit results 10. Write output to .csv
-r \d{5}(-\d{4})? -T .dll -n 10 -w 'C:\output.csv'

For even more examples and detailed descriptions of each flag, visit the wiki