This article spotlights alternative tools to grep, a utility that searches for patterns in each file.
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ast-grep performs structural search, lint and rewriting
ast-grep (sg) is a CLI tool for code structural search, lint, and rewriting.
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serpl is a TUI to search and replace keywords
serpl is a terminal user interface (TUI) application that allows users to search and replace keywords in an entire folder,
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w2vgrep is a semantic grep tool
w2vgrep is a command-line tool that performs semantic searches on text input using word embeddings.
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Clapgrep – app to search through all your files
Clapgrep is a GUI utility which lets you search through your files.
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ruplacer – find and replace text in source files
ruplacer is a command-line tool to find and replace text in source files. This is free and open source software written in Rust.
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skim – fuzzy finder
skim is a fuzzy finder. It can be used as a general filter (like grep) or as an interactive interface for invoking commands.
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pru – Pipeable Ruby
pru lets you use Ruby in your pipes. Forget about grep / sed / awk / wc … It’s written in the Ruby programming language.
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xlsxgrep – tool to search text in XLSX, XLS, CSV, TSV and ODS files
xlsxgrep is a CLI tool to search text in XLSX, XLS, CSV, TSV and ODS files. It works similarly to grep. Written in Python.
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bingrep – grep-like tool for binaries
bingrep greps through binaries from various OSs and architectures, and colors them. This is free and open source software written in Rust.
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rzgrep – greps through the contents of an archive file
rzgrep greps through the contents of an archive file, it also greps through any archive files that are embedded within an archive file.
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ngrep – grep applied to the network layer
ngrep is a PCAP-based tool that allows you to specify an extended regular or hexadecimal expression to match against data payloads of packets.
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ucg – fast grep-like tool specialized for searching large bodies of source code
UniversalCodeGrep (ucg) is an extremely fast grep-like tool specialized for searching large bodies of source code.
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vgrep – pager for grep, git-grep, ripgrep and similar grep implementations
vgrep is a pager for grep, git-grep, ripgrep and similar grep tools. It allows opening the indexed file locations in a user-specified editor.
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phpgrep – syntax-aware grep for PHP code
phpgrep is both a library and a command-line tool. The library can be used to perform syntax-aware PHP code matching inside Go programs.
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ack – grep-like source code search tool
ack is designed as an alternative to grep for programmers. It is highly portable and runs on any platform that runs Perl.
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The Silver Searcher – code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster
The Silver Searcher is a tool for searching code. It started off as a clone of Ack, but their feature sets have since diverged slightly.
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CGrep – context-aware grep for C and C++ source files
CGrep is a context-aware grep for source codes. It’s implemented using Clang’s libtooling libraries. Free and open source software.
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sift – fast and powerful alternative to grep
sift is an alternative that aims for both speed and flexibility – i.e. adding features while trying to reach the performance of grep.
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ugrep – ultra fast grep with interactive TUI
The ugrep utility searches any given input files, selecting lines that match one or more patterns. Free and open source software.
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