From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2011-11-02T07:18:03+09:00
Subject: Re: A ruby version of grep?

On Nov 1, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Marc Heiler wrote:
> I need a grep variant in pure ruby.
> 
> Like the unix grep.
> 
> It does not have to support many fancy things...
> 
> Colours (so the result can be colourized) and recursive searching of
> files.
> 
> The rest does not matter.
> 
> Has anyone written such a class? I am asking before I write my own
> version of grep.

Try ack:

http://betterthangrep.com/