dnGREP Alternatives

dnGREP is described as 'DnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results. Search through text files, Word documents, PDFs, and archives using text, regular expression, XPath, and phonetic queries. dnGrep includes search-and-replace, whole-file preview, right-click search in File' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to dnGREP for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best dnGREP alternative is DocFetcher, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like dnGREP are grepWin, Clapgrep, ripgrep and SearchMyFiles.

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  1. PowerGREP icon
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    PowerGREP is a powerful Windows grep tool. Quickly search through large numbers of files on your PC or network, including text and binary files, compressed archives, MS Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, OpenOffice files, etc.

    82 PowerGREP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
    • PowerGREP is the most popular commercial alternative to dnGREP.

    • PowerGREP is Paid and ProprietarydnGREP is Free and Open Source
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    Silver Searcher is a code search tool similar to ack that claims to be much faster. It's implemented in C and has some extra features such as ignoring files per .hignore, .gitignore contents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. FileSeek icon
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    FileSeek is an easy-to-use file search app that includes advanced functionality for power users! Search through files using simple queries or regular expressions. You can even sync your search settings between computers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. ack icon
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    Ack is designed as a standalone (one perl file) replacement for 99% of the uses of grep. ack is intelligent about the files it searches. It knows about certain file types, based on both the extension on the file and, in some cases, the contents of the file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. TextCrawler icon
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    TextCrawler is a fantastic tool for anyone who works with text files. This cool utility enables you to instantly find and replace words and phrases across multiple files and folders. It utilises a powerful Regular Expression engine to enable you to create sophisticated...

    8 TextCrawler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. XSearch icon
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    XSearch is a free search tool that with more features that Windows Search didn't provided. It can search files on your computer in high speed. When searching for special words in files, you can specify the words option such as "Any of the words", "All of the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Search files with smart queries as with Google, replace simple or multiline text in multiple files. The batch replace operation easily updates hundreds of different links in several files. Extremely fast, easy to use, with excellent help.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Batch RegEx icon
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    Replace, format, and extract text in multiple files using Regular Expressions. Perform GREP-like tasks including search and replace, RegEx substitutions, data extraction, and more! Built-in RegEx editors support color syntax highlighting and tips.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    UniversalCodeGrep (ucg) is an extremely fast grep-like tool specialized for searching large bodies of source code. It is intended to be largely command-line compatible with Ack, to some extent with ag, and where appropriate with grep.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    A Stand alone Windows (x64) Search Tool that works together with Many Popular IDE's and Text Editors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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