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tre for Mac

Lightweight, POSIX-compliant regular expression (regex) library

Quick answer: tre is a command-line tool for macOS. Install it with brew install tre. It is distributed under the BSD-2-Clause licence. It has 24 Homebrew installs in the last 30 days.

What tre is

tre is a command-line tool for macOS: lightweight, POSIX-compliant regular expression (regex) library.

It is distributed as a Homebrew formula, which builds or pours a binary and puts it on your PATH. The project is open source and lives at https://github.com/laurikari/tre.

How to install tre

  1. Open Terminal (press ⌘ + Space and type “Terminal”).
  2. If Homebrew is not installed yet, run the installer below once.
  3. Run brew install tre.

Homebrew installer, if you need it:

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install tre on Mac?

Run brew install tre in Terminal. This requires Homebrew; if you do not have it, install it first with the command below.

Is tre open source?

Yes — Homebrew distributes it under the BSD-2-Clause licence.

Does tre run on Apple silicon?

Homebrew publishes this formula for macOS. If upstream does not ship an Apple silicon build, Rosetta 2 handles the Intel binary.

How popular is tre?

It was installed 24 times in the last 30 days according to Homebrew analytics, ranking #6157 in this catalogue.

What version of tre is current?

The latest packaged version is 0.9.0.