./textproc/glimpse, Text search engine

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Branch: pkgsrc-2019Q4, Version: 4.18.6, Package name: glimpse-4.18.6, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

Glimpse (which stands for GLobal IMPlicit SEarch) is an indexing
and query system that allows you to search through all your
files very quickly. For example, finding 296 lines containing
'whitehouse' in 8750 files occupying 104MB took 6 seconds on a
SUN Sparc 5. Glimpse supports most of agrep's options (agrep is our
powerful version of grep) including approximate matching (e.g.,
finding mis- spelled words), Boolean queries, and even some limited
forms of regular expressions. It is used in the same way, except that
you don't have to specify file names. So, if you are looking for a
needle anywhere in your file system, all you have to do is say
glimpse needle and all lines containing needle will appear preceded
by the file name.

Master sites:

SHA1: 625e66e3ef5c878167e7955aebfeaafe3f229a2e
RMD160: c9768334fa5fe3d52ecba9651615de716793e49b
Filesize: 804.621 KB

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