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CGrep

cgrep

Context-aware grep for source codes.

Runs as cgrep|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 14 fields

Context-aware grep that can limit matches to code, comments or string literals. Semantic -S patterns, file-type filters and editor launching are mostly left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui cgrep

Search source codeExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Pattern*

string

Files or directories

any

Recursive

--recursive

Ignore case

--ignore-case

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Search a tree

patternfilesrecursiveignore_case

Search comments only

patternfilescommentrecursive

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Pattern

string · positional 0

Files or directories

path · positional 1 · repeatable

Recursive

boolean

--recursive-r

Ignore case

boolean

--ignore-case-i

Whole word

boolean

--word-w

POSIX regex

boolean

--regex-G

Search code

boolean

--code-c

Search comments

boolean

--comment-m

Search string literals

boolean

--literal-l

Exclude test files

boolean

--no-tests

Invert match

boolean

--invert-match-v

Max matches per file

integer

--max-count

Count only

boolean

--count

File names only

boolean

--filename-only

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

readme

Usage: cgrep [OPTION] [PATTERN] files... -w,--word Force word matching -e,--edit Use edit distance -G,--regex Use regex matching (posix) -i,--ignore-case Ignore case distinctions -c,--code Enable search in source code -m,--comment Enable search in comments -l,--liter…

help9.3.1

github.com

Before it fills your prompt, Otty checks the installed cgrep against its version. A form that does not match your version is not offered.