usage: textgrep [OPTIONS] PATTERN [FORMAT] [FLAGS]
textgrep can be used to extract regex matches from a string.
Unless -f is specified the text will be read from stdin.
PATTERN
Specifies the regex you wish to match and capture.
Follows the JavaScript RegExp syntax, see
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp
Use [^]*? to match any character over multiple lines.
FORMAT
Specifies the format to output the captured groups.
You can use {#} to reference a group where # is the index.
Escapes (like \n, \t) are allowed.
Default: {1}\n
FLAGS
Specifies the regex flags (see MDN).
Default: gm
OPTIONS
-f=FILE: will read the text from the given file.
--: stops evaluation of options
(allows the PATTERN to start with -)
--?|--help: shows this help screen.
Sample:
man ls | col -bx | textgrep '^ -(\w+)\s+([^]*?)^$' ' -{1} means: {2}\n\n'
npm install textgrep -g
FAQs
Extract multiline regex matches from text.
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