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JGsoft has released PowerGREP v. 3.2, a Windows grep tool that lets you quickly find files and information anywhere on your PC or network. You can search through any number of text and binary files for words, phrases, and strings. In addition to locating information across multiple files, PowerGREP lets you manipulate and replace text. PowerGREP is a powerful tool for extracting information from server logs, web site pages, programmers' source code, financial reports, or any data that's scattered across your network.
PowerGREP performs lightning-fast searches for text strings, even when searching files that are deep within subfolders. PowerGREP can locate and manipulate text strings that are contained in Word documents, PDF files, and Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, and Quattro Pro spreadsheets. PowerGREP treats ZIP files as if they are ordinary folders, and allows you to quickly search within all of your ZIP-compressed archives. Whether you need to update the copyright year on hundreds of HTML pages each year, or do a one-time change of your telephone area code in all of your email templates, PowerGREP can turn hours of error-prone work into a minute or two of search and replace operations.
Programmers and power users will appreciate PowerGREP's use of "regular expressions" when performing more complex search and replace operations. You can apply any number of search terms, sequentially or concurrently.
It's easy to limit your searches to specific sections of files. For example, you can search through HTML file headers, or search only the comments and strings of Java or C++ files. If your files are not line-based, PowerGREP's file sectioning capability can split the file into records or logical chunks, any way you want.
PowerGREP has a powerful post-processing feature that lets you search and replace each individual search match or substitution text with an extra Regex sequence. Instead of composing incredibly complex regular expressions to perform complex tasks, this post-processing feature lets you complete complex tasks using a sequence of simple regular expressions. PowerGREP's library system is another time-saver. It allows you to save your PowerGREP actions, and run them quickly, whenever they're needed.
With its emphasis on safety, PowerGREP provides an extensive selection of backup options. You can establish an intuitive naming convention, and store backups of your files each time you modify them. You can even save these backups as ZIP-compressed archives. In addition, the program's Undo History feature automatically keeps track of which actions modified which files, and which backup files were created. With the click of a button, you can undo any modification that you have made. This Undo History is persistent, even after closing PowerGREP or shutting down your computer.
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 in a high-end programming tool: word wrapping, line numbering, syntax highlighting, block editing, unlimited undo, and much more. A unique feature of PowerGREP's editor is the ability to inspect the full context of each highlighted search match. Click the Next Match and Previous Match buttons to look at all of the matches in a file. Match highlighting persists, even after you have edited the file.
PowerGREP comes with an easy-to-read guide that shows you by example how to master the program. Using real-world examples, you'll learn how to change copyright dates, replace HTML tags, collect information from server or system logs, and inspect web logs. The documentation includes a comprehensive tutorial to regular expressions, including examples of how to use them. Programmers will find the program intuitive and easy to master, and business people will soon learn that it's easier to learn PowerGREP's syntax than to spend time extracting information manually.
PowerGREP v. 3.2 runs under Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP/2003, and costs $149(US) for a single-user license. Multi-user discounts are available. The free trial version comes with full documentation. You can purchase PowerGREP securely at http://www.powergrep.com/ with a risk-free, 90-day unconditional money back guarantee. For more information, contact: JGsoft, 337/105 Setthasiri, Nonthaburi Rd, Muang, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand. E-mail: support@powergrep.com. Internet: http://www.powergrep.com/.
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About JGsoft:
Since 1996, JGsoft has been developing and marketing Windows applications for software developers and business people. In addition to PowerGREP, JGsoft also offers RegexBuddy, an application that lets you create, test, and deploy regular expressions; EditPad Pro, a powerful text editor that features syntax coloring, spell checking, and cross-platform text conversion; AceText, a smart software tool that simplifies working with text by letting you store, manage, edit, and reuse text from a central location; DeployMaster, an application that lets developers create professional, attractive, no-nonsense software installers; and HelpScribble, an easy-to-use programmer's tool to create professional WinHelp and HTML Help files; and.
About www.regular-expressions.info
JGsoft has developed http://www.regular-expressions.info/, a content-rich web site with wall-to-wall information about regular expressions. The site includes a complete regular expression tutorial, examples of using regular expressions in Perl, Java, .NET, and other popular programming languages and libraries, and a description of other regex tools that will help programmers and non-programmers alike learn to enjoy the power of using regular expressions in their work.
About grep:
grep (spelled in lower-case letters by purists) is a tool that emerged from the UNIX world during the 1970's. grep tools help you find text strings in files, even if you have no idea which files might contain the strings. Employed by programmers and power users for three decades, grep tools are now being used by business people, analysts, and researchers to turn data into information.