released 7.8

genivia-inc · genivia-inc · commit 5f6f5bd4f77d · 2026-04-29T16:27:56.000+02:00
diff --git a/bin/win32/ug.exe b/bin/win32/ug.exe
diff --git a/bin/win32/ugrep-indexer.exe b/bin/win32/ugrep-indexer.exe
diff --git a/bin/win32/ugrep.exe b/bin/win32/ugrep.exe
diff --git a/bin/win64/ug.exe b/bin/win64/ug.exe
diff --git a/bin/win64/ugrep-indexer.exe b/bin/win64/ugrep-indexer.exe
diff --git a/bin/win64/ugrep.exe b/bin/win64/ugrep.exe
diff --git a/completions/bash/ug b/completions/bash/ug
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ cat <<'END'
 -u, --ungroup Do not group multiple pattern matches on the same matched line.
 -V, --version Display version with linked libraries and exit.
 -v, --invert-match Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns.
---view[=COMMAND] Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y.
+--view[=[+]COMMAND] Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y, +COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated.
 -W, --with-hex Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone.
 -w, --word-regexp The PATTERN is searched for as a word, such that the matching text is preceded by a non-word character and is followed by a non-word character.
 --width[=NUM] Truncate the output to NUM visible characters per line.
diff --git a/completions/fish/ug+.fish b/completions/fish/ug+.fish
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ complete -c ug+ -s U -l ascii -l binary -d 'Disables Unicode matching for ASCII
 complete -c ug+ -s u -l ungroup -d 'Do not group multiple pattern matches on the same matched line'
 complete -c ug+ -s V -l version -d 'Display version with linked libraries and exit'
 complete -c ug+ -s v -l invert-match -d 'Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns'
-complete -c ug+ -l view -d 'Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y'
+complete -c ug+ -l view -d 'Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y, +COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated'
 complete -c ug+ -s W -l with-hex -d 'Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone'
 complete -c ug+ -s w -l word-regexp -d 'The PATTERN is searched for as a word, such that the matching text is preceded by a non-word character and is followed by a non-word character'
 complete -c ug+ -l width -d 'Truncate the output to NUM visible characters per line'
diff --git a/completions/fish/ug.fish b/completions/fish/ug.fish
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ complete -c ug -s U -l ascii -l binary -d 'Disables Unicode matching for ASCII a
 complete -c ug -s u -l ungroup -d 'Do not group multiple pattern matches on the same matched line'
 complete -c ug -s V -l version -d 'Display version with linked libraries and exit'
 complete -c ug -s v -l invert-match -d 'Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns'
-complete -c ug -l view -d 'Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y'
+complete -c ug -l view -d 'Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y, +COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated'
 complete -c ug -s W -l with-hex -d 'Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone'
 complete -c ug -s w -l word-regexp -d 'The PATTERN is searched for as a word, such that the matching text is preceded by a non-word character and is followed by a non-word character'
 complete -c ug -l width -d 'Truncate the output to NUM visible characters per line'
diff --git a/completions/fish/ugrep+.fish b/completions/fish/ugrep+.fish
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ complete -c ugrep+ -s U -l ascii -l binary -d 'Disables Unicode matching for ASC
 complete -c ugrep+ -s u -l ungroup -d 'Do not group multiple pattern matches on the same matched line'
 complete -c ugrep+ -s V -l version -d 'Display version with linked libraries and exit'
 complete -c ugrep+ -s v -l invert-match -d 'Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns'
-complete -c ugrep+ -l view -d 'Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y'
+complete -c ugrep+ -l view -d 'Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y, +COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated'
 complete -c ugrep+ -s W -l with-hex -d 'Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone'
 complete -c ugrep+ -s w -l word-regexp -d 'The PATTERN is searched for as a word, such that the matching text is preceded by a non-word character and is followed by a non-word character'
 complete -c ugrep+ -l width -d 'Truncate the output to NUM visible characters per line'
diff --git a/completions/fish/ugrep.fish b/completions/fish/ugrep.fish
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ complete -c ugrep -s U -l ascii -l binary -d 'Disables Unicode matching for ASCI
 complete -c ugrep -s u -l ungroup -d 'Do not group multiple pattern matches on the same matched line'
 complete -c ugrep -s V -l version -d 'Display version with linked libraries and exit'
 complete -c ugrep -s v -l invert-match -d 'Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns'
-complete -c ugrep -l view -d 'Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y'
+complete -c ugrep -l view -d 'Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y, +COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated'
 complete -c ugrep -s W -l with-hex -d 'Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone'
 complete -c ugrep -s w -l word-regexp -d 'The PATTERN is searched for as a word, such that the matching text is preceded by a non-word character and is followed by a non-word character'
 complete -c ugrep -l width -d 'Truncate the output to NUM visible characters per line'
diff --git a/completions/zsh/_ug b/completions/zsh/_ug
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ $matchers{-P,--perl-regexp}'[Interpret PATTERN as a Perl regular expression usin
 {-u,--ungroup}'[Do not group multiple pattern matches on the same matched line]'
 {-V,--version}'[Display version with linked libraries and exit]'
 {-v,--invert-match}'[Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns]'
---view'[Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y]'
+--view'[Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y, +COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated]'
 {-W,--with-hex}'[Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone]'
 {-w,--word-regexp}'[The PATTERN is searched for as a word, such that the matching text is preceded by a non-word character and is followed by a non-word character]'
 --width'[Truncate the output to NUM visible characters per line]'
diff --git a/completions/zsh/_ug+ b/completions/zsh/_ug+
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ $matchers{-P,--perl-regexp}'[Interpret PATTERN as a Perl regular expression usin
 {-u,--ungroup}'[Do not group multiple pattern matches on the same matched line]'
 {-V,--version}'[Display version with linked libraries and exit]'
 {-v,--invert-match}'[Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns]'
---view'[Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y]'
+--view'[Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y, +COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated]'
 {-W,--with-hex}'[Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone]'
 {-w,--word-regexp}'[The PATTERN is searched for as a word, such that the matching text is preceded by a non-word character and is followed by a non-word character]'
 --width'[Truncate the output to NUM visible characters per line]'
diff --git a/completions/zsh/_ugrep b/completions/zsh/_ugrep
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ $matchers{-P,--perl-regexp}'[Interpret PATTERN as a Perl regular expression usin
 {-u,--ungroup}'[Do not group multiple pattern matches on the same matched line]'
 {-V,--version}'[Display version with linked libraries and exit]'
 {-v,--invert-match}'[Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns]'
---view'[Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y]'
+--view'[Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y, +COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated]'
 {-W,--with-hex}'[Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone]'
 {-w,--word-regexp}'[The PATTERN is searched for as a word, such that the matching text is preceded by a non-word character and is followed by a non-word character]'
 --width'[Truncate the output to NUM visible characters per line]'
diff --git a/completions/zsh/_ugrep+ b/completions/zsh/_ugrep+
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ $matchers{-P,--perl-regexp}'[Interpret PATTERN as a Perl regular expression usin
 {-u,--ungroup}'[Do not group multiple pattern matches on the same matched line]'
 {-V,--version}'[Display version with linked libraries and exit]'
 {-v,--invert-match}'[Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified patterns]'
---view'[Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y]'
+--view'[Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in -Q query TUI by pressing CTRL-Y, +COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated]'
 {-W,--with-hex}'[Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone]'
 {-w,--word-regexp}'[The PATTERN is searched for as a word, such that the matching text is preceded by a non-word character and is followed by a non-word character]'
 --width'[Truncate the output to NUM visible characters per line]'
diff --git a/configure b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for ugrep 7.7.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for ugrep 7.8.0.
 #
 # Report bugs to <https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues>.
 #
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='ugrep'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='ugrep'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='7.7.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='ugrep 7.7.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='7.8.0'
+PACKAGE_STRING='ugrep 7.8.0'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues'
 PACKAGE_URL='https://ugrep.com'
 
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-'configure' configures ugrep 7.7.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+'configure' configures ugrep 7.8.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ugrep 7.7.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of ugrep 7.8.0:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-ugrep configure 7.7.0
+ugrep configure 7.8.0
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72
 
 Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -2186,7 +2186,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by ugrep $as_me 7.7.0, which was
+It was created by ugrep $as_me 7.8.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
@@ -3696,7 +3696,7 @@ fi
 
 # Define the identity of the package.
  PACKAGE='ugrep'
- VERSION='7.7.0'
+ VERSION='7.8.0'
 
 
 printf "%s\n" "#define PACKAGE \"$PACKAGE\"" >>confdefs.h
@@ -11875,7 +11875,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by ugrep $as_me 7.7.0, which was
+This file was extended by ugrep $as_me 7.8.0, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -11948,7 +11948,7 @@ ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
-ugrep config.status 7.7.0
+ugrep config.status 7.8.0
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([ugrep],[7.7.0],[https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues],[ugrep],[https://ugrep.com])
+AC_INIT([ugrep],[7.8.0],[https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep/issues],[ugrep],[https://ugrep.com])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign subdir-objects dist-xz no-dist-gzip])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (C) 2019-2026 Robert van Engelen, Genivia Inc.])
diff --git a/man/ug.1 b/man/ug.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UGREP "1" "April 21, 2026" "ugrep 7.7.0" "User Commands"
+.TH UGREP "1" "April 29, 2026" "ugrep 7.8.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 \fBugrep\fR, \fBug\fR -- file pattern searcher
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -892,8 +892,9 @@ Display version with linked libraries and exit.
 Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified
 patterns.
 .TP
-\fB\-\-view\fR[=\fICOMMAND\fR]
-Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in \fB\-Q\fR query TUI by pressing CTRL\-Y.
+\fB\-\-view\fR[=[+]COMMAND]
+Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in \fB\-Q\fR query TUI by pressing CTRL\-Y,
++COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated.
 .TP
 \fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-with\-hex\fR
 Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone.
@@ -970,7 +971,8 @@ bzip2 (.bz, .bz2, .bzip2, .tbz, .tbz2, .tb2, .tz2),
 xz (.xz, .txz) and lzma (requires suffix .lzma, .tlz),
 zstd (.zst, .zstd, .tzst),
 lz4 (requires suffix .lz4),
-brotli (requires suffix .br).
+brotli (requires suffix .br),
+bzip3 (requires suffix .bz3).
 .TP
 \fB\-\-zmax\fR=\fINUM\fR
 When used with option \fB\-z\fR or \fB\-\-decompress\fR, searches the contents of
diff --git a/man/ugrep-indexer.1 b/man/ugrep-indexer.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UGREP-INDEXER "1" "April 21, 2026" "ugrep-indexer 7.7.0" "User Commands"
+.TH UGREP-INDEXER "1" "April 29, 2026" "ugrep-indexer 7.8.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 \fBugrep-indexer\fR -- file indexer to accelerate recursive searching
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ bzip2 (requires suffix .bz, .bz2, .bzip2, .tbz, .tbz2, .tb2, .tz2),
 lzma and xz (requires suffix .lzma, .tlz, .xz, .txz),
 lz4 (requires suffix .lz4),
 zstd (requires suffix .zst, .zstd, .tzst),
-brotli (requires suffix .br).
+brotli (requires suffix .br),
+bzip3 (requires suffix .bz3).
 .TP
 \fB\-\-zmax\fR=\fINUM\fR
 When used with option \fB\-z\fR (\fB\-\-decompress\fR), indexes the contents of
diff --git a/man/ugrep.1 b/man/ugrep.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH UGREP "1" "April 21, 2026" "ugrep 7.7.0" "User Commands"
+.TH UGREP "1" "April 29, 2026" "ugrep 7.8.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
 \fBugrep\fR, \fBug\fR -- file pattern searcher
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -892,8 +892,9 @@ Display version with linked libraries and exit.
 Selected lines are those not matching any of the specified
 patterns.
 .TP
-\fB\-\-view\fR[=\fICOMMAND\fR]
-Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in \fB\-Q\fR query TUI by pressing CTRL\-Y.
+\fB\-\-view\fR[=[+]COMMAND]
+Use COMMAND to view/edit a file in \fB\-Q\fR query TUI by pressing CTRL\-Y,
++COMMAND waits for a key press after COMMAND terminated.
 .TP
 \fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-with\-hex\fR
 Output binary matches in hexadecimal, leaving text matches alone.
@@ -970,7 +971,8 @@ bzip2 (.bz, .bz2, .bzip2, .tbz, .tbz2, .tb2, .tz2),
 xz (.xz, .txz) and lzma (requires suffix .lzma, .tlz),
 zstd (.zst, .zstd, .tzst),
 lz4 (requires suffix .lz4),
-brotli (requires suffix .br).
+brotli (requires suffix .br),
+bzip3 (requires suffix .bz3).
 .TP
 \fB\-\-zmax\fR=\fINUM\fR
 When used with option \fB\-z\fR or \fB\-\-decompress\fR, searches the contents of
diff --git a/src/query.cpp b/src/query.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <thread>
+#include <chrono>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 
 #ifdef OS_WIN
@@ -2518,7 +2519,9 @@ void Query::view()
       // file was changed when viewed, e.g. by an editor?
       bool changed = false;
 
-      // track elapsed time: if the command terminates very quickly within 500ms, then let the user press a key
+      // track elapsed time: if the command terminates very quickly within 100ms, then wait 1s
+      reflex::timer_type et;
+      reflex::timer_start(et);
 
       if (flag_stdin && filename == flag_label)
       {
@@ -2634,22 +2637,23 @@ void Query::view()
       VKey::flush();
 #endif
 
-      if (ok)
-      {
 #ifdef OS_WIN
-        if (keypress || strcmp(flag_view, "more") == 0)
+      if (ok && (keypress || strcmp(flag_view, "more") == 0))
 #else
-        if (keypress)
+      if (ok && keypress)
 #endif
-        {
-          // command terminated very quickly within 500ms
-          Screen::setpos(Screen::rows - 1, 0);
-          Screen::invert();
-          Screen::put("(END)");
-          Screen::normal();
-          Screen::put(" press a key ");
-          VKey::get();
-        }
+      {
+        Screen::setpos(Screen::rows - 1, 0);
+        Screen::invert();
+        Screen::put("(END)");
+        Screen::normal();
+        Screen::put(" press a key ");
+        VKey::get();
+      }
+      else if (reflex::timer_elapsed(et) < 100)
+      {
+        // command terminated very quickly within 100ms
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(1));
       }
 
       if (changed)
diff --git a/src/ugrep-indexer.cpp b/src/ugrep-indexer.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 */
 
 // DO NOT ALTER THIS LINE: updated by makemake.sh and we need it physically here for MSVC++ build from source
-#define UGREP_VERSION "7.7.0"
+#define UGREP_VERSION "7.8.0"
 
 // use a task-parallel thread to decompress the stream into a pipe to search, also handles nested archives
 #define WITH_DECOMPRESSION_THREAD
diff --git a/src/ugrep.hpp b/src/ugrep.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define UGREP_HPP
 
 // DO NOT ALTER THIS LINE: updated by makemake.sh and we need it physically here for MSVC++ build from source
-#define UGREP_VERSION "7.7.0"
+#define UGREP_VERSION "7.8.0"
 
 // disable mmap because mmap is almost always slower than the file reading speed improvements since 3.0.0
 #define WITH_NO_MMAP
