grep Alternatives

grep is described as 'Command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression' and is a File Search utility in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to grep for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and iPad apps. The best grep alternative is DocFetcher, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like grep are Agent Ransack, grepWin, ripgrep and Clapgrep.

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  1. Multi String Search icon

    Multi String Search

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    Search multiple strings occurrences simultaneously with the help of this piece of software that comes with support for regular expressions.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Baloo icon

    Baloo

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    Baloo is not an application, but a daemon to index files. Applications can use the Baloo framework to provide file search results.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Log Transformer icon

    Log Transformer

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    Monitor log files in real time using customized filter and formatting rules. Use regular expressions to apply color and formatting. Go even further by filtering out unwanted text or lines. https://logtransformer.com.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Advanced Find and Replace

    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 excell...

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  7. Batch File Replace icon

    Batch File Replace

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    Search and replace text and raw bytes in multiple files. Features include: multi-line text entry; full support for RegEx with syntax highlighting and match substitutions; built-in hex editor to replace bytes; wildcards and case-sensitivity; Unicode.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. LogLens

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    LogLens is a high-performance terminal tool designed to replace jq, grep, and tail -f for structured log analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Visual Studio Code
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  10. Zoekt icon

    Zoekt

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    Zoekt is a text search engine intended for use with source code. (Pronunciation: roughly as you would pronounce "zooked" in English).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
     

    • Zoekt is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to grep.

    • Zoekt is Free and Open Sourcegrep is also Free and Open Source
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