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PowerGREP User’s Guide

You can download the PowerGREP manual in PDF format. The manual includes the user's guide that you can read here and a detailed tutorial and reference to regular expressions.

PowerGREP itself comes with the same documentation as a context-sensitive help file. Press F1 while using PowerGREP to bring it up.

Table of Contents

Introducing PowerGREP
Getting Started with PowerGREP
How to Use PowerGREP

Mark Files for Searching
Define a Search Action
Interpret Search Results
Edit Files and Replace or Revert Individual Matches
Keyboard Shortcuts

PowerGREP Examples

Search Through File Names
Find Files Not Containing a Search Term
Find Email Addresses
Find Word Pairs
Boolean Operators “and”, “or”, and “not”
Find Two Words Near Each Other
Find Two or More Words on The Same Line
Search Through Word .docx Files
Search Through XPS Files
Search Through OpenDocument Format Files
Extract or Delete Lines Matching One or More Search Terms
Delete Repeated Words
Add a Header and Footer to Files
Add Line Numbers
Collect Page Numbers
Update Copyright Years
Padding Replacements
Capitalize The First Letter of Each Word
Add Proper HTML <TITLE> Tags
Rename Files Based on HTML Title Tags
Replace HTML Tags
Replace HTML Attributes
Put Anchors Around URLs That Are Not Already Inside a Tag or Anchor
Replace in File Names and Contents
Replace XML Entities
Fix Invalid Characters in XML
Search Through or Skip Source Code Comments and Strings
Convert Windows to UNIX Paths
Extract Data into a CSV File or Spreadsheet
Padding and Unpadding CSV Files
Collect a Numbered List
Collect a List of Header and Item Pairs
Collect Paragraphs
Apply an Extra Search-And-Replace to Target Files
Inspect Web Logs
Extract Google Search Terms from Web Logs
Split Web Logs by Date
Merge Web Logs by Date
Split Logs into Files with a Certain Number of Entries
Compile Indices of Files
Make Sections and Their Contents Consistent
Generate a PHP Navigation Bar
Include a PHP Navigation Bar

PowerGREP Reference

PowerGREP Assistant
File Selector Reference
Import File Listings
File Selector Menu
Action Reference
Action Types
Search Terms and Options
Action Part: Filter Files
Action Part: File Sectioning
Action Part: Main Action
Action Part: Extra Processing
Action Part: Context
Action Part: Collect Between
Action Part: Target and Backup Files
Action Parts and Named Capture
Action Menu
Sequence Reference
Sequence Menu
Library Reference
Library Menu
Results Reference
Results Menu
Editor Reference
Editor Menu
Undo History Reference
Undo History Menu
Change PowerGREP’s Appearance
Share Experiences and Get Help on The User Forums
Forum RSS Feeds
Preferences

File Selector Preferences
File Formats Preferences
Archive Formats Preferences
Action Preferences
Text Layout Configuration
Text Cursor Configuration
Text Encoding Preferences
Results Preferences
Editor Preferences
External Editors Preferences
General Preferences
Color Configuration

Match Placeholders
Path Placeholders
Command Line Parameters
XML Format of PowerGREP Files

Keyword Index

Table of Contents

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A
B
C

caret
carriage return
case adaptive
case conversion
case insensitive
case sensitive
character class
character sets
charset meta tag
Clean History
Clear

Action
File Selector
Results
Sequence

Clear File or Folder

File Selector Menu
Mark Files for Searching

Clear Folder and its Files and Subfolders
Clear Sequence Results
Clear Step Results
code pages
collapse

Action Types
Command Line Parameters

collect data
collect headers and footers
collect whole sections
comma-delimited

Extract Data into a CSV File or Spreadsheet
Padding and Unpadding CSV Files

command line
comments
compressed file formats supported by powergrep
compressed files
concurrent search

Action Part: File Sectioning
Search Terms and Options

content-type meta tag
context

Action Part: Context
Command Line Parameters

context type
contextextra
conversion cache
conversion manager
copy all searched files
copy files

Action Part: Target and Backup Files
File Selector
Results

File Selector
Results

copy matching files
copy only modified files
copyright
count all context
CR
CSV files

Extract Data into a CSV File or Spreadsheet
Padding and Unpadding CSV Files

ctrl+wheel scrolls whole pages instead of zooming
Custom Layouts

D

Action Preferences
File Selector Reference

decode and convert to text prior to searching
decode binary files using ifilter
decompressing files
default editor
default layout
define masks
delete

Action Types
Command Line Parameters

Delete Action
Delete Backup Files
Delete Files

File Selector
Results

Delete Item
delete matching files

Action Part: Target and Backup Files
Action Preferences

Delete Step
delimited binary data
delimited literal text
delimited regular expressions
delimitprefix

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

directory placeholders
display replacements
distance
do not save results

Action Part: Target and Backup Files
Action Part: Target and Backup Files

do not section files
docked panel
DOCX files

Archive Formats Preferences
Search Through Word .docx Files

dollar sign
DOS
dot matches newlines
Dual Monitor Layout

Change PowerGREP’s Appearance
Change PowerGREP’s Appearance

E

EBCDIC
Edit File

File Selector
Results

Editor Reference
external

Editor menu
editor preferences
EditPad

File Selector
Results

email address
encoding
end file
end string
example

copyright
delete lines
email address
extract lines
file names
Google search terms
HTML tags
HTML title

Add Proper HTML <

same line
source code
web logs

Inspect Web Logs
Merge Web Logs by Date
Split Web Logs by Date

Exclude File or Folder

File Selector Menu
Mark Files for Searching

File Selector Preferences
File Selector Reference

exclude files and folders using regular expressions instead of file masks
exclude folders
Execute

Action Menu
Sequence Menu

Action Menu
Sequence Menu

Action Menu
Sequence Menu

Command Line Parameters
abort
preview

Action Menu
Sequence Menu

Action Menu
Sequence Menu

Action Menu
Sequence Menu

expand to whole lines
Export
external editors preferences
extra context after the match
extra context before the match
extra processing

F

faster searches

Action Menu
Sequence Menu

Action
Editor
File Selector
Library
Results
Sequence

Command Line Parameters
exclude

File Selector Preferences
File Selector Reference

File Formats Preferences
XML Format of PowerGREP Files

file listings
file masks

Archive Formats Preferences
File Selector Reference

file modification dates

Action Preferences
File Selector Reference

file name search
file names
file placeholders
file sectioning

Action Part: File Sectioning
Search Through or Skip Source Code Comments and Strings

file selection preferences
File Selector

Mark Files for Searching
keyboard

File Selector menu
File Selector to Sequence
file sizes
file tree
fileexclude
files

filter files
find

Action Types
Command Line Parameters

find all search terms

Action Part: File Sectioning
Boolean Operators “and”, “or”, and “not”

find files
findname
floating panel
floating panels
fold

fold files
folder

Command Line Parameters
exclude

folder placeholders
folder to use for temporary files
folder tree
folderexclude
folderrecurse
folders and files
follow keyboard focus and mouse pointer
follow keyboard focus only
form feed
free-spacing
full path

G

getting started
Go to Bookmark
Google search terms
group identical matches
group results for all files
group search matches

H

hexadecimal
hidden files
history
HTML

Results Menu
charset

HTML tags
HTML title

Add Proper HTML <

I

IBM mainframes
icons
ignore whitespace
import file listings
Include File or Folder

File Selector Menu
Mark Files for Searching

include files
Include Folder and Subfolders

File Selector Menu
Mark Files for Searching

Insert File
instances
invert search results

Action Part: File Sectioning
Find Files Not Containing a Search Term

L
M

Make Replacement

Mark Files with Search Results

File Selector Menu
File Selector Menu

Command Line Parameters
File Selector Reference

match all search terms

Action Part: File Sectioning
Boolean Operators “and”, “or”, and “not”

match placeholders

Action Preferences
Collect a Numbered List
Match Placeholders
Search Terms and Options

match whole sections only
matches to delete
matching files
maximum length of a line of context
maximum memory usage to display results
merge

Action Types
Command Line Parameters

merge based on search matches
merge files
merge into a single file
Microsoft Office Open XML files

Archive Formats Preferences
Search Through Word .docx Files

minimum number of execution threads
minimum number of occurrences
modification dates

Action Preferences
File Selector Reference

modify original files

Action Part: Target and Backup Files
Action Part: Target and Backup Files

File Selector
Results

move matching files
Move Step Down
Move Step Up
MRU

Action Menu
File Selector Menu
Results Menu
Sequence Menu

MS-DOS
multi-monitor
multiple instances
My Documents folder

N
O

Office 2003 Display Style
Office Open XML files

Archive Formats Preferences
Search Through Word .docx Files

only use ifilter for files matching these file masks
Open

Action
Editor
File Selector
Library
Results
Sequence

Open Action
open all files command for this editor
Open File in EditPad

File Selector
Results

Open File Selection
OpenDocument Format

Archive Formats Preferences
Search Through OpenDocument Format Files

OpenOffice files

Archive Formats Preferences
Search Through OpenDocument Format Files

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

Command Line Parameters
File Selector Menu

Command Line Parameters
File Selector Menu

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

Action Part: File Sectioning
Command Line Parameters

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

or
order of collected matches
overlapping search

Action Part: File Sectioning
Search Terms and Options

overwrite files that have the read-only attribute set

P

pad
padding
page breaks
path

File Selector Reference
Keyboard Shortcuts

path placeholders

Action Part: Target and Backup Files
Action Preferences
Path Placeholders
Search Terms and Options

Pause
permanent exclusion
PGA files

Action Menu
Sequence Menu
XML Format of PowerGREP Files

File Selector Menu
XML Format of PowerGREP Files

Library Menu
XML Format of PowerGREP Files

Results Menu
XML Format of PowerGREP Files

Undo History Menu
XML Format of PowerGREP Files

Match Placeholders
Path Placeholders

post processing
PowerGREPConversionManager.exe
PowerGREPUndoManager.exe
preferences

action
editor
external editors
file selection
regex colors
results
results colors
syntax colors
text encoding

preview
Preview

Action Menu
Sequence Menu

processing
progress meter
proprietary file formats
proxy

Q

quick
Quick Execute

Action Menu
Action Menu
Sequence Menu

Action Menu
Editor Menu
Editor Menu
Results Menu
Results Menu

R
S

File Selector Reference
File Selector Reference

Command Line Parameters
Action
Editor
File Selector
Library
Results
Sequence

Sequence Menu
Sequence Menu

Action
Editor
File Selector
Library
Results
Sequence

Sequence Menu
Sequence Menu

Save Action
Save As
Save File Selection
save list of matching files
save one file for each searched file
save results

Action Part: Target and Backup Files
Action Part: Target and Backup Files

Save Results
search

Action Types
Command Line Parameters

search and collect sections

Action Part: File Sectioning
Search Through or Skip Source Code Comments and Strings

search and delete
search and replace
search for sections

Action Part: File Sectioning
Search Through or Skip Source Code Comments and Strings

search item delimiter
Search Only through Files with Results
search pair delimiter
search prefix label delimiter
search subfolders with powergrep
search terms

Search through Archives
Search through Binary Files
search through raw binary data
search through raw binary data when a file cannot be decoded
search through the file's raw xml content
search with powergrep
searchbytes

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

searchbytesfile
searchtext

Command Line Parameters
Search Terms and Options

searchtextfile
second monitor
section collect
section files
Select History
select text to edit
self-extracting archives
send to menu shortcut
send to menu shortcut that includes subfolders
sensitive to case
Sequence menu
Sequence to Action
Sequence to File Selector
Sequence to Results
Set Bookmark
SFX
Show All
Show Files with Results
Show Folders
Show Included Files
show line numbers
Side by Side Layout
silent
simple

Action Types
Command Line Parameters

simple search
size

skipped binary files
SOCKS proxy
sort collected matches
source code

comments
strings

Action Types
Command Line Parameters

split along delimiters

Action Part: File Sectioning
Search Through or Skip Source Code Comments and Strings

split files
spreadsheets
start file
start string
step
string

subfolders
synchronized
syntax color configuration
system files

T
U
V

vertical tab
View Action
View Assistant
View Editor
View File Selector
View Forum
View Library
View Results
View Sequence
View Undo History
visualize line breaks

Action Preferences
Editor Preferences

visualize spaces and tabs

Action Preferences
Editor Preferences

W

web archives
web logs

Inspect Web Logs
Merge Web Logs by Date
Split Web Logs by Date

whole sections
whole words only
wild cards
Windows code page
word pairs
Word Wrap

X

XLSX files
XML declaration
XML Paper Specification files

Archive Formats Preferences
Search Through XPS Files

XML schema
XPS files

Archive Formats Preferences
Search Through XPS Files

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Page last updated: 20 March 2013
Site last updated: 02 May 2013

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