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Gawk

The awk utility interprets a special-purpose programming language that makes it possible to handle...

Top 6 Open-Source Alternatives to Gawk

ripgrep ack dnGREP grepWin fzf fzy

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Gawk are ripgrep, ack, and dnGREP. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. ripgrep combines the usability of The Silver Searcher with the raw speed of grep.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager

  2. 2

    ack

    Ack is designed as a standalone (one perl file) replacement for 99% of the uses of grep.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager

  3. 3
    dnGrep allows you to search across files with easy-to-read results.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager 9 social mentions

  4. grepWin is a simple search and replace tool which can use PCRE regular expressions to search for...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #File Manager #Note Taking #Clipboard Manager

  5. 5

    fzf

    A command-line fuzzy finder written in Go
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 215 social mentions

  6. 6

    fzy

    A better fuzzy finder
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Note Taking #Productivity #LMS 4 social mentions

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