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dnGREP is a powerful grep utility for Windows with a graphical interface. It searches files for lines matching a given regular expression, text, or XPath pattern and returns matches in a results tree.

Table of Contents

Getting Started

  1. Download the latest release from the Releases page.
  2. Install or extract the application.
  3. Launch dnGREP, enter a search pattern, select a folder, and click Search.

For more details, see Start from Windows File Explorer.

Features

Search

  • Plain text, Regular expression, and XPath search (including case-insensitive)
  • Phonetic search (using Bitap and Needleman-Wunch algorithms)
  • Search for byte sequences in binary or text files
  • Search in archives — ZIP, 7z, RAR, JAR, and many more
  • Search MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF documents

Actions

  • Replace in plain text files (does not replace in binary formats such as Word, Excel, PDF, ebooks, archives, images, audio, or executables)
  • File move, copy, and delete actions
  • Undo functionality

Integrations

User Interface

  • Search result highlighting and preview with syntax highlighting
  • Light and dark themes
  • Translations in several languages
  • Bookmarks — save file filters and search options
  • Test form for regular expression patterns
  • Save search results

Screenshots

Light Theme

Light Theme

Dark Theme

Dark Theme

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