`sift` is a text search tool, like `grep`.
Sift is a tool for searching through large amounts of text. It is meant to be flexible and fast. Documentation can be found here: https://sift-tool.org/
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How may I pass "^|" as an argument for an executable?
Within a PHP environment I am trying to execute sift (a grep-like program) to return filenames if either of the two strings matches.
// To return filenames having either string1 OR string2.
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How to get sift to use a pager?
I recently stumbled upon sift ("A fast and powerful alternative to grep."). I quite like its feature-set, but there's one thing I'm missing: paged output (with colors).
I mean, it can be done:
$ sift 'search_string' --color | less…
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Problem downloading Sift workstation on VMware workstation 16 pro
Newbie here. For education purposes I needed to download the OVA file of Sans Sift workstation to run on my VMware workstation 16 pro. It downloaded but never really open up. It ended up with a black screen with a blinking cursor. Ran it again and…
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