rt is a command-line tool written in Rust designed to make text extraction a breeze using regular expressions and capture groups. Unlike traditional utilities like rg, grep, awk, or sed, rt focuses specifically on simplifying text extraction tasks, providing a straightforward and intuitive interface for regex-based text processing.
- Regex-based Extraction: Use regular expressions and capture groups to extract specific text patterns effortlessly.
- Simplicity: Designed for ease of use, providing a straightforward and clear syntax for text extraction.
- Rust-Powered: Built with Rust, rt offers performance, safety, and reliability.
- Ensure you have Rust installed. If not, install it from Rust's official website.
- Clone the
rtrepository:
git clone https://github.com/ThatXliner/rt.git- Navigate to the rt directory and build the tool:
cd rt
cargo build --release- Once built, the executable will be located at ./target/release/rt.
Examples:
Extract email addresses from a file:
rt '([a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,})' file.txt --docExtract phone numbers from a string:
echo "Contact: 123-456-7890, 987-654-3210" | rt '(\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})' Getting the folder names of tarballs:
ls | rt '(.+?)\.tar\.gz' --group 1 rt stands out for its simplicity and focus on text extraction via regex capture groups. It provides a more streamlined and intuitive experience compared to other command-line tools, making text extraction tasks more accessible and manageable. It aims to offer a clear and easy-to-understand syntax without the complexities often associated with Perl on the command line.
It is a Rust rewrite of Ret, with a better interface.
Feel free to contribute, report issues, or suggest improvements by visiting the rt GitHub repository. Your feedback is valuable!