Easy GREP Introduction

This is a easy-to-use Regular Expression tool for search, extraction and replacement. You can use it to find, get or replace your information or check and study your Regular Expression.

Environment and Installation

Compatible OS: Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Easy GREP has been proved can be running on Windows 2000 and XP, it may also run on other Windows(such as 95, 98, NT) but not sure.
It needs vb runtime (msvbvm60.dll) and vbscript.dll (IE5.5+) installed.
Installation avoid
Easy GREP doesn't need installation. It's a standalone tool, a green software. 

Features

Easy GREP can help you making RegEx and using it in a easy but effective way:

Getting started:

  1. Select your files.

    You can select a file or some files in a folder.
    (Sometime you may need to collect or classify your files to a working folder first.)

  2. Write your Regular Expression(RegEx)

    If you are familiar with RegEx, you can write it directly. 
    If your are a leraner, you can do it with the RegEx Assistant.

  3. Find and Extract

    Click the find button, then all matches will be hightlighted in sourece file and listed in Match List window. You can click the list item or click the locating buttons(Previous, Next) on the toolbar to switch among all matches.

  4. Replace

    Fill the replace with box and you can do the replacement easily. 

  5. Extract & Export  

    Click the Export button. then the export dialog appears.
    You can select file type(txt, html, xml supported now), and delimiter. Such as you want to export all your matches into HTML file, you can export them with the formation of list, table or just lines.