ggrep is a fast, recursive grep‑like command‑line utility written in Rust that avoids shell glob limits and large argument lists. It searches files under a directory prefix for a pattern (regex or fixed string) and supports the familiar grep flags for inversion, counting, file listing, and word matching.

• Recursive file traversal using walkdir
• Regex or literal (fixed‑string) search via regex
• Case‑insensitive matching (-i / --ignore-case)
• Invert match to show non‑matching lines (-v / --invert-match)
• Count matches per file (-c / --count)
• List only file names with matches (-l / --list-files)
• Whole‑word matching (-w / --word-regexp)
• Configurable color highlighting (--color auto|always|never)
• Skips binary files automatically

Make sure you have Rust and Cargo installed (via rustup). Then:

cargo install ggrep

Alternatively, to build from source:

git clone https://github.com/DevElCuy/ggrep.git
cd ggrep
cargo build --release
# Optionally install:
cargo install --path .

ggrep [OPTIONS] <keyword> [prefix]

• <keyword>: Pattern to search for (interpreted as regex by default)
• [prefix] : Directory to start searching (defaults to .)

-h, --help             Print help information
-V, --version          Print version information
-i, --ignore-case      Case-insensitive search
-v, --invert-match     Show lines that do *not* match
-c, --count            Print count of matching lines per file
-l, --list-files       Print only file names with matches
-F, --fixed-strings    Treat pattern as a literal string, not regex
-w, --word-regexp      Match whole words only
    --color <mode>     Colorize matches: auto, always, or never (default: auto)

Search current directory for the regex fn main (case‑insensitive, highlight matches):

ggrep -i "fn main" .

Count occurrences of TODO in all files under src/:

ggrep -c TODO src/

List files under /var/log that do not contain the literal error:

ggrep -v -l -F error /var/log

Match the whole word unsafe in .rs files (no regex):

ggrep -w -F unsafe src/

Always disable coloring (even in a terminal):

ggrep --color never FIXME

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome!

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature-name)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m "Add feature-name")
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-name)
5. Open a pull request

Please format code with cargo fmt and check for warnings with cargo clippy before submitting.

Licensed under MIT OR Apache‑2.0. See LICENSE for details.