NAME¶

nimgrep - Nimgrep

DESCRIPTION¶

nimgrep - Nim Grep Utility Version 1.5

--find, -f: find the pattern (default)
--replace, -!: replace the pattern
--peg: pattern is a peg
--re: pattern is a regular expression (default)
--rex, -x: use the "extended" syntax for the regular expression so that whitespace is not significant
--recursive, -r: process directories recursively
--follow: follow all symlinks when processing recursively
--confirm: confirm each occurrence/replacement; there is a chance to abort any time without touching the file
--stdin: read pattern from stdin (to avoid the shell's confusing quoting rules)
--word, -w: the match should have word boundaries (buggy for pegs!)
--ignoreCase, -i: be case insensitive
--ignoreStyle, -y: be style insensitive
--ext:EX1|EX2|...: only search the files with the given extension(s), empty one ("--ext") means files with missing extension
--noExt:EX1|...: exclude files having given extension(s), use empty one to skip files with no extension (like some binary files are)
--includeFile:PAT: include only files whose names match the given regex PAT
--excludeFile:PAT: skip files whose names match the given regex pattern PAT
--excludeDir:PAT: skip directories whose names match the given regex PAT
--nocolor: output will be given without any colours
--color[:always]: force color even if output is redirected
--colorTheme:THEME: select color THEME from 'simple' (default), 'bnw' (black and white) ,'ack', or 'gnu' (GNU grep)

--afterContext:N,

--beforeContext:N,

-b:N: print N lines of leading context before every match
--context:N, -c:N: print N lines of leading context before every match and N lines of trailing context after it
--group, -g: group matches by file
--newLine, -l: display every matching line starting from a new line
--verbose: be verbose: list every processed file
--filenames: find the pattern in the filenames, not in the contents of the file
--help, -h: shows this help
--version, -v: shows the version