grep

GNU grep implemented in Rust

Installation

Build From Source

First, clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/stevekm/grep.git
cd grep

If rustup is not already installed, install it with curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh.

Build the program with cargo build.

Usage

The Makefile includes some example methods to run the program; make run.

By default the program reads from stdin.

$ printf 'foo\nbar\nbaz\n' | target/debug/grep bar
bar

A file can also be passed

$ target/debug/grep 5 data.txt
5
15

Lines preceeding and following a match can be printed

$ target/debug/grep -A 1 -B 2 5 data.txt
--
3
4
5
6
--
--
13
14
15
16
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