Command-line tool

grex

brew/grex

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Command-line tool for generating regular expressions

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install grex
cargo install grex

macOS

brew install grex
cargo install grex

Linux

brew install grex
cargo install grex

Generate a simple `regex`

grex string1 string2 ...

Generate a case-insensitive `regex`

grex -i string1 string2 ...

Replace digits with `\d`

grex -d string1 string2 ...

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