Why is there no built-in grep in Windows? -
in e.g. question is there pattern matching utility grep in windows?, 1 can find few options adding grep utility windows. wondering why it's case there no built-in grep-like function in windows, seems supremely useful thing (at least linux user).
more specifically, there technical reason this? e.g. difference in os/filesystem architecture between windows , linux make more difficult/slow/pointless/unsafe/etc. have such functionality in windows?
(i can imagine example antivirus might not program read thousands of files in 1 go, , because of microsoft perhaps decided scrap grep utility. that's of course pure speculation on behalf, it's kind of answer i'm looking for)
"grep" unix tool - made unix.
as far functionality goes, have built-in "grep". windows offers similiar through commands find , findstr, quite lot, , have been available long time.
plus, can search file content through windows search.
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