AstroGrep4.4.9

Search files from a Windows desktop by entering text or a pattern, then review matching lines in AstroGrep’s grep-style results view. It brings the familiar command-line search concept into a graphical interface, helping developers and other users locate text across source code and other files without relying on a document editor. Regular-expression support lets searches describe flexible patterns instead of matching only a literal text string.

Each match can be examined with surrounding lines through the context view, making it easier to understand where a result appears within its source file. AstroGrep remembers recently used paths, so recurring searches through the same folders or locations are easier to repeat. Its printing options provide several ways to produce paper copies of search results for review or sharing.

Typical users include developers tracing code, maintainers inspecting collections of text files, and anyone who needs desktop-based text lookup. AstroGrep is freeware System Tools software for Microsoft Windows, published by Theodore Ward and Curtis Beard. Version 4.4.9 uses C:\Program Files (x86)\AstroGrep as its default installation location, while 32-bit Windows uses C:\Program Files\AstroGrep. Command-line parameters can override that location when the program must be placed elsewhere.