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grepWin vs mlocate

A side-by-side look at grepWin and mlocate. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

grepWin

grepWin

Os & Utilities

grepWin is a free and open-source search tool for Windows that allows users to search for text patterns across files and folders on their computer. It is similar to the grep command on Linux/Unix systems.

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mlocate

mlocate

Os & Utilities

mlocate is a command line utility in Linux for quickly locating files based on their name or a regular expression. It maintains a database of files and directories to allow fast lookups compared to searching the whole file system.

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