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 and powershell.

Supports

- Basic and advanced file searches for filenames and file content
- Regular Expressions
- Chained commands
- Filter by Filetype/Filepath/Filesize
- Exports
- Editing with replace and delete
- Ease of use: Run from Command Line, Powershell, Windows Explorer or headless

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 ProgramFilesx86, add "grep" to your system's PATH for command line use, and insert registry keys for context menu use within Windows Explorer directories.

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 > "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