Grep tool under Microsoft Windows
Why Microsoft Windows hasn’t the function like “grep”? When analysing application logs, the question will always be asked.
Fortunately, we can find some tools, such as AstroGrep(opensource freeware), which can do same thing under Windows just like Unix or Linux.
The following content is copied from: http://astrogrep.sourceforge.net
“AstroGrep is a Microsoft Windows grep utility. Grep is a UNIX command-line program which searches within files for keywords. AstroGrep supports regular expressions, versatile printing options, stores most recently used paths and has a “context” feature which is very nice for looking at source code.”
AstroGrep includes the following features
- Regular expressions
- Concurrent multiple file types
- Recursive directory searching
- A “context” feature that selects the lines above and below your search expression
- Most Recently Used list for search paths
- Somewhat versatile printing options
- Double click to open file with editor of your choice
- Store Most Recently Used file names and search expressions
- Match Whole Word Only
- Syntax highlighing
- Free of charge and Open Source
