AstroGrep

AstroGrep is A Microsoft Windows GUI File Searching (grep) utility.

Free
Open Source
Windows

AstroGrep is A Microsoft Windows GUI File Searching (grep) utility. Features include regular expressions, versatile printing options, stores most recent used paths and has a "context" feature which is very nice for looking at source code.

Links to official AstroGrep sites

Features

Portable File search Support for regular expressions

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AstroGrep

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The Best 28 AstroGrep Alternatives

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FileLocator

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