This is a free implementation of the Cisco ios/asa/catalyst output modifier "begin" released under GNU GPL v.2 or any later version. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/preface/usingios.html#wp1012384 DEPENDENCIES This program depends on boost/xpressive header only library as well as boost/iostreams. On RedHat(-ish) systems do: yum install boost-devel On debian do: apt-get install libboost-regex-dev libboost-iostreams-dev before installation INSTALLATION git clone git://github.com/mickenordin/begin.git cd begin meson build ninja -C build sudo ninja -C build install