Show HN: Fast Incremental Plaintext Searcher(ksylvestre.itch.io) I’ve overhauled the demo distributables based on user feedback. The MacOS version is now a signed disk image. Although the Linux version is a Debian package, It can be ran directly on any distro with glibc 2.17 or higher |
Fast text search is really valuable -- if we could see comparisons it would help make judgements about which to use.
- Export results to file/clipboard/pipe
- Bookmarks: saved search presets
- Full search history (entries of source/filter/pattern)
- Built-in preview window
- Editor commands to jump to found matches (ex: gvim '$filepath' +$line)
- Drag/Drop found matches to an open text editor
- File dialog to select start directory
- Tab cycling of source filenames (console emulation)
- Logical operators coming soon (AND OR NOT XOR)
I suggest trying the free demo to get a better feel for the application.
Comparing with others: ripgrep (MIT) mention filtering and shell completions, ugrep (MIT) - including a file indexer, searching in archives and fuzzy search, dnGrep (GPL3) - archives, s&r+undo, (as well) to line results in external editor and XPath.
Unfortunately can't test it. Virustotal says it's not network shy (IP Traffic) and unsafe (3/75 security vendors flagged this file as malicious) :(
BTW I'm using Everything Search with a column (!) showing content of a file with higlighted search terms - but there is no jump to line in preview option (as well new version changes accestimes).
$10 is nothing and I already forgot how much did the restaurant dinner last night cost me, but I don't want to give money without knowing what am I getting in little more details and/or user-friendly marketing like tool comparison.
How are you checking the access time? File Explorer's "Properties" window changes the access time in Windows 10, that tripped me up during development.