PowerGREP's Convenient Built-in File Editor

Full-Featured Text and Hexadecimal Editor

You can edit any text or binary file directly in PowerGREP, just like you would in a text editor or a hexadecimal editor. PowerGREP's editor has all the features you'd expect: word wrapping, line numbering, syntax highlighting, block editing, unlimited undo, etc.

Highlight, Replace and Revert Matches

The key benefit of using PowerGREP's built-in editor is that you can easily inspect the full context of each highlighted search match. Click the Next Match and Previous Match buttons to quickly navigate through all matches in the file. Match highlighting persists even when you edit the file.

After previewing or executing a search-and-replace action, you can conveniently replace or revert individual matches. Simply click on the match, and then click the Replace or Revert button in the editor. To replace just a few of the search matches, preview the action and then replace individual matches. To replace most search matches, execute the action (which replaces all matches), and then revert those individual matches that you didn't want to replace. Of course, you can also replace or revert all matches in a file with just one click.

PowerGREP's method of replacing and reverting individual matches is far more intuitive than the way most Windows search-and-replace tools work. The typical Windows grep tool forces you to answer a Yes/No question popping up for each search match, in the order that matches are found. PowerGREP gives you the opportunity to replace and revert matches in any order, whenever you want, with full editing access to the file.

If you save the results into a PowerGREP Results file, you can open the results days or weeks later, and still see each match highlighted. You'll still be able to replace or revert individual matches, if your earlier decisions didn't turn out too well.

The screen shots show the Editor panel docked side-by-side with other parts of PowerGREP. You can rearrange the panels to make the editor take up the full screen or drag it off to a second monitor to maximize your editing space.

Open Files in External Applications

You can instantly open any file in its default application, by right-clicking on it in PowerGREP. You can also configure any number of external editors for opening files of specific types, or any kind of file.

The Most Powerful GREP Tool for Windows

Get Your Own Copy of PowerGREP Now

There are two ways in which you can get your own copy of PowerGREP and evaluate the software risk-free.

The best option is to buy your own copy of PowerGREP for US$ 159. Your purchase is covered by Jan Goyvaerts's personal three month risk-free unconditional money-back guarantee. This allows you to try the software without any limitations and without any risk for three months.

Alternatively, you can download the free evaluation version of PowerGREP. The free evaluation version can be downloaded anonymously. It allows you to explore PowerGREP for 15 days of actual use. Full documentation is included. The documentation extensively covers both PowerGREP itself, and the regular expression syntax.

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Page last updated: 08 February 2010
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