Powergrep Portable -

If you maintain a USB drive for system recovery (like a portable Hiren’s Boot CD alternative), including PowerGREP Portable is a must. When you need to clean a malformed configuration file or extract specific error lines from a bloated 10GB server log on a dying hard drive, PowerGREP is the only tool fast enough to do it in real-time.

First, install PowerGREP on a trusted Windows PC where you have admin rights. Install it to the default path (typically C:\Program Files\PowerGREP ). powergrep portable

: A 15-day free trial is available for anonymous download on the PowerGREP Download Page . Note that the trial installer does support the command-line switch. Full Version : The licensed version costs If you maintain a USB drive for system

Creating a portable version of PowerGREP allows you to perform deep text searches and forensic audits on any PC without leaving a trace or installing software on the host system. Install it to the default path (typically C:\Program

Alternatively, contact Just Great Software support—they have been known to help enterprise users with portable deployment instructions.

is a highly powerful Windows tool for searching and replacing text or binary data across thousands of files

If you need a truly portable solution for regex searching/replacing across files, consider: