Easy GREP User Interface

A global view of Easy GREP

Windows

There are three main working windows in Easy GREP, file list, source viewer and match list.

Three windows together

• File List
  Files summary and status will be shown here, you can click any file name to view the source code and match list.
• Source Viewer
  The source code with highlighted matches of selected file will be shown here, invivisble charactors also can be shown or hidden.
• Match List
  Matches of each file will be listed here, you can click ant match to see it's context in Source Viewer.

RegEx Panel

The most important thing is the input box of Regular Expression.

RegEx settings

There are three check boxes where you can set the basic parameters of your regular expression, they can make your Regular expression

case sensitive or case insensitive;

make global match/replace or first match/replace;

make dot mean anything or anything except linebreaks.

RegAssistant  Please see details here.

Find What

You type  or paste your RegEx here, or you can build with RegEx Assistant.

Recent RegEx

Recently used regular expressions will be stored here, but it can store only in this work time.

Replace with

When you want to do replace you need to fill this box, if you leave it blank and press replace button, then the replace with parameter will be set as blank, which means you are doing a delete - all matches will be replaced with blank (deleted).

Log Window (History Recorder)

This is a working log, each important step and summary during your work will be written down here. 

Toolbar

Find/Extact Group

• Find Search items that match the expression you input.
• Ex(Export/Extraction) Export extractions to an external file.
• Matches Pointer You can go to any match in the current file by clicking < or >.

Replace Group

• Replace
  Single Mode: The text in the source code viewer will be replaced and shown, but the source file will not be modified at this time, you need click "save" to apply it to source file.
  Folder Mode: All files in list will be replaced and result will be shown in list box, all replaced files are backed up, altered and saved. But nothing to do with passed files with not match. 
• Restore
  In Folder Mode, All files will be restored to original ones and backups will be deleted.
  In single mode, befroe or after save, the text in the text monitor will be changed back to the original one. Before save nothing is changed to the physical file, after save, the current file will be replaced by backup file.
  Only after replace or action replace this button will be active.
  Only backup function enabled(by default, it's enabled) , restore can be processed.
  
• Save
  Only used in single file mode. Save the text in the monitor to current file. You must press "Save" to apply your replacement to your file.
  Save button is always not enabled in folder mode, because you will never use it, for all replaced files already saved automatically.

View Group

• Show/Hide Invisible Characters This allows you to see invivible chacters in source window, such as space or line break.
• Word Wrap Default is wrap, but you can switch to no-wrap if you need.
• Show/Hide Source Window (FS : File Source)
• Show/Hide Matches List Window.

These four buttons control the what you see in this tool.