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dnGREP

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...

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Windows  .NET 4
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  1.  Lightweight

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  1.  File Search
  2.  Search and Replace
  3.  Portable
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Ad-free
  6.  Works Offline
  7.  No registration required
  8.  Full-Text Search
  9.  No Tracking
  10.  Support for regular expressions

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Great open-source utility! highly recommend it

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it can't search in the C:\ directory. you need to specify a folder under C:, which is a profound annoyance in case you want to scan the entire drive. no errors are shown, it just doesn't search. also has less features than astrogrep.

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What is dnGREP?

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 Explorer, and much more.

Features:

  • Search across text files, Word documents, PDFs, and archives
  • Search using text, regular expressions (regex), XPath, and phonetics
  • Search-and-replace, including undo
  • Whole-file preview
  • Right-click to search in File Explorer
  • Move/copy/delete result files
  • Open line results in a custom editor, like Notepad++
  • Bookmark search patterns for later use
  • Try out complex searches in the Test window
  • Run from USB drive using the stand-alone distribution
  • Much more!