Command-line tool

re2c

brew/re2c

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Generate C-based recognizers from regular expressions

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install re2c

Linux

brew install re2c

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