percol is an interactive grep tool in your terminal.
percol receives input lines from stdin or a file, lists up the input lines, waits for your input that filter/select the line(s), and finally outputs the selected line(s) to stdout.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Efficient: With lazy loads of input lines and query caching, percol handles huge inputs efficiently.
- Customizable: Through configuration file (rc.py), percol’s behavior including prompts, keymaps, and color schemes can be heavily customizable.
- Migemo support: By supporting C/Migemo, percol filters Japanese inputs fast.
Website: github.com/mooz/percol
Support: Blog
Developer: Masafumi Oyamada
License: MIT License
percol is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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