Command-line tool

pcre2

brew/pcre2

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Perl compatible regular expressions library with a new API

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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 pcre2grep

macOS

brew install pcre2

Linux

brew install pcre2

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