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.TH NIMGREP "1" "May 2021" "nimgrep 1.4.6+really1.4.2-2" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
nimgrep \- Nimgrep
.SH DESCRIPTION
nimgrep \- Nim Grep Utility Version 1.5
.IP
(c) 2012 Andreas Rumpf
.SS "Usage:"
.IP
nimgrep [options] [pattern] [replacement] (file/directory)*
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-find\fR, \fB\-f\fR
find the pattern (default)
.TP
\fB\-\-replace\fR, \-!
replace the pattern
.TP
\fB\-\-peg\fR
pattern is a peg
.TP
\fB\-\-re\fR
pattern is a regular expression (default)
.TP
\fB\-\-rex\fR, \fB\-x\fR
use the "extended" syntax for the regular expression
so that whitespace is not significant
.TP
\fB\-\-recursive\fR, \fB\-r\fR
process directories recursively
.TP
\fB\-\-follow\fR
follow all symlinks when processing recursively
.TP
\fB\-\-confirm\fR
confirm each occurrence/replacement; there is a chance
to abort any time without touching the file
.TP
\fB\-\-stdin\fR
read pattern from stdin (to avoid the shell's confusing
quoting rules)
.TP
\fB\-\-word\fR, \fB\-w\fR
the match should have word boundaries (buggy for pegs!)
.TP
\fB\-\-ignoreCase\fR, \fB\-i\fR
be case insensitive
.TP
\fB\-\-ignoreStyle\fR, \fB\-y\fR
be style insensitive
.TP
\fB\-\-ext\fR:EX1|EX2|...
only search the files with the given extension(s),
empty one ("\-\-ext") means files with missing extension
.TP
\fB\-\-noExt\fR:EX1|...
exclude files having given extension(s), use empty one to
skip files with no extension (like some binary files are)
.TP
\fB\-\-includeFile\fR:PAT
include only files whose names match the given regex PAT
.TP
\fB\-\-excludeFile\fR:PAT
skip files whose names match the given regex pattern PAT
.TP
\fB\-\-excludeDir\fR:PAT
skip directories whose names match the given regex PAT
.TP
\fB\-\-nocolor\fR
output will be given without any colours
.TP
\fB\-\-color[\fR:always]
force color even if output is redirected
.TP
\fB\-\-colorTheme\fR:THEME
select color THEME from 'simple' (default),
\&'bnw' (black and white) ,'ack', or 'gnu' (GNU grep)
.HP
\fB\-\-afterContext\fR:N,
.TP
\fB\-a\fR:N
print N lines of trailing context after every match
.HP
\fB\-\-beforeContext\fR:N,
.TP
\fB\-b\fR:N
print N lines of leading context before every match
.TP
\fB\-\-context\fR:N, \fB\-c\fR:N
print N lines of leading context before every match and
N lines of trailing context after it
.TP
\fB\-\-group\fR, \fB\-g\fR
group matches by file
.TP
\fB\-\-newLine\fR, \fB\-l\fR
display every matching line starting from a new line
.TP
\fB\-\-verbose\fR
be verbose: list every processed file
.TP
\fB\-\-filenames\fR
find the pattern in the filenames, not in the contents
of the file
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR, \fB\-h\fR
shows this help
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR, \fB\-v\fR
shows the version
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The nim-doc package.