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diff --git a/libraries/liblightgrep/README b/libraries/liblightgrep/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..943b9742c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/liblightgrep/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Lightgrep is a new regular expression engine, designed specifically for digital +forensics. Why another regexp engine? + +Lightgrep: + + - searches for many patterns simultaneously + - searches binary data as a stream, not as discrete lines of text + - searches for patterns in many different encodings; give it dirty data, + lightgrep don't care + - never, ever, ever, never, never looks at a byte twice or backs up in your + input + +Lightgrep is still pretty new and doesn't have all the regexp features you +might be used to. But it has enough features to be more than a toy, and what +is supported is well-tested. |