Re: Using Solr as if it is "grep"

Can you use Google as grep? Not so much. That's because the use cases are very different. grep is for linear search through unparsed content (whitespaces and all) and it primarily find the matched string. There is no ranking or long range matches. Solr - similar to Google - is for processed/normal

Using Solr as if it is "grep"

Hi everyone, Is there a way to setup Solr so the search commands I send it and the searches it does is similar to the way "grep" works (i.e.: regex)? If not, how close can Solr be setup to mimic "grep"? Thanks in advanced. Steve