HFST-GREP

NAME

hfst-grep - =Search for PATTERN in each FILE or standard input.

SYNOPSIS

hfst-grep [OPTIONS...] PATTERN [FILE...]

DESCRIPTION

Search for PATTERN in each FILE or standard input. Pattern is, by default, a Xerox regular expression (XRE). Example: hfst-grep ’h e l l o % w o r l d’ menu.h menu.c

Common options:

-h, --help

Print help message

-V, --version

Print version info

-v, --verbose

Print verbosely while processing

-q, --quiet

Only print fatal erros and requested output

-s, --silent

Alias of --quiet

-9, --format=TYPE

compile expressions to TYPE automata

Regexp selection and interpretation:

-E, --extended-regexp

PATTERN is an extended regular expression (ERE)

-F, --fixed-strings

PATTERN is a set of newline-separated fixed strings

-G, --basic-regexp

PATTERN is a basic regular expression (BRE)

-P, --perl-regexp

PATTERN is a Perl regular expression

-X, --xerox-regexp

PATTERN is a Xerox regulare expression

-e, --regexp=PATTERN

use PATTERN for matching

-f, --file=FILE

obtain PATTERN from FILE

-I, --ignore-case

ignore case distinctions

-w, --word-regexp

force PATTERN to match only whole words

-x, --line-regexp

force PATTERN to match only whole lines

-z, --null-data

a data line ends in 0 byte, not newline

Miscellaneous options:

--no-messages

suppress error messages

--invert-match

select non-matching lines

Output control:

-m, --max-count=NUM

stop after NUM matches\n -b, --byte-offset print the byte offset with output lines

-n, --line-number

print line number with output lines

--line-buffered

flush output on every line

-H, --with-filename

print the filename for each match

-h, --no-filename

suppress the prefixing filename on output

--label=LABEL

print LABEL as filename for standard input

-o, --only-matching

show only the part of a line matching PATTERN

--binary-files=TYPE

assume that binary files are TYPE; TYPE is ‘binary’, ‘text’, or ‘without-match’

-a, --text

equivalent to --binary-files=text

-d, --directories=ACTION

how to handle directories; ACTION is ‘read’, ‘recurse’, or ‘skip’

-D, --devices=ACTION

how to handle devices, FIFOs and sockets; ACTION is ‘read’ or ‘skip’

-R, -r, --recursive

equivalent to --directories=recurse

--include=FILE_PATTERN

search only files that match FILE_PATTERN

--exclude=FILE_PATTERN

skip files and directories matching FILE_PATTERN

--exclude-from=FILE

skip files matching any file pattern from FILE

--exclude-dir=PATTERN

directories that match PATTERN will be skipped

-L, --files-without-match

print only names of FILEs containing no match

-l, --files-with-matches

print only names of FILEs containing matches

-c, --count

print only a count of matching lines per FILE

-T, --initial-tab

make tabs line up (if needed)

-Z, --null

print 0 byte after FILE name

Context control:

-B, --before-context=NUM

print NUM lines of leading context

-A, --after-context=NUM

print NUM lines of trailing context

-C, --context=NUM

print NUM lines of output context

--color[=WHEN],

--colour[=WHEN]

use markers to highlight the matching strings; WHEN is ‘always’, ‘never’, or ‘auto’

-U, --binary

do not strip CR characters at EOL (MSDOS)

-u, --unix-byte-offsets

report offsets as if CRs were not there (MSDOS)

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <hfst-bugs@helsinki.fi> or directly to our bug tracker at: <https://github.com/hfst/hfst/issues> hfst-grep home page: <https://github.com/hfst/hfst/wiki/HfstGrep>
General help using HFST software: <https://github.com/hfst/hfst/wiki>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2017 University of Helsinki, License GPLv3: GNU GPL version 3 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.