perg

A micro lightweight alternative to grep, without highlighting, written in Rust. Currently it only support local path.

❯ perg --help

perg 0.1.0

USAGE:
    perg <pattern> <path>

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

ARGS:
    <pattern>
    <path>

Installation

Using Cargo via rustup:

❯ curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

then install perg binary:

❯ cargo install perg

Usage

Quick example

on current repo:

❯ perg v src/main.rs
    #[derive(StructOpt)]
    #[derive(Debug)]

Another Example

on a test file, then search for a pattern:

❯ echo "hello world\nhi world\nby world" >> test.md
❯ cat test.md
    # hello world
    # hi world
    # by world
❯ perg e test.md
    # hello world
    # bye world

Regular Expression

perg also support regular expression search, like grep:

❯ perg "h[ei]" test.md
    # hello world
    # hi world

❯ perg "hello|bye" test.md
    # hello world
    # bye world

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