diff --git a/go/src/miller/cli/mlrcli_mappers.go b/go/src/miller/cli/mlrcli_mappers.go
index 40817b753..5fd63266f 100644
--- a/go/src/miller/cli/mlrcli_mappers.go
+++ b/go/src/miller/cli/mlrcli_mappers.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var MAPPER_LOOKUP_TABLE = []mapping.MapperSetup{
 	mappers.CountSetup,
 	mappers.CutSetup,
 	mappers.FilterSetup,
+	mappers.GrepSetup,
 	mappers.GroupBySetup,
 	mappers.GroupLikeSetup,
 	mappers.HeadSetup,
diff --git a/go/src/miller/mappers/grep.go b/go/src/miller/mappers/grep.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70bdebbd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/src/miller/mappers/grep.go
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+package mappers
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+
+	"miller/clitypes"
+	"miller/mapping"
+	"miller/types"
+)
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------
+var GrepSetup = mapping.MapperSetup{
+	Verb:         "grep",
+	ParseCLIFunc: mapperGrepParseCLI,
+	IgnoresInput: false,
+}
+
+func mapperGrepParseCLI(
+	pargi *int,
+	argc int,
+	args []string,
+	errorHandling flag.ErrorHandling, // ContinueOnError or ExitOnError
+	_ *clitypes.TReaderOptions,
+	__ *clitypes.TWriterOptions,
+) mapping.IRecordMapper {
+
+	// Get the verb name from the current spot in the mlr command line
+	argi := *pargi
+	verb := args[argi]
+	argi++
+
+	// Parse local flags
+	flagSet := flag.NewFlagSet(verb, errorHandling)
+
+	pIgnoreCase := flagSet.Bool(
+		"i",
+		false,
+		`Use case-insensitive search`,
+	)
+
+	pInvert := flagSet.Bool(
+		"v",
+		false,
+		`Invert: pass through records which do not match the regex.`,
+	)
+
+	flagSet.Usage = func() {
+		ostream := os.Stderr
+		if errorHandling == flag.ContinueOnError { // help intentionally requested
+			ostream = os.Stdout
+		}
+		mapperGrepUsage(ostream, args[0], verb, flagSet)
+	}
+	flagSet.Parse(args[argi:])
+	if errorHandling == flag.ContinueOnError { // help intentionally requested
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// Find out how many flags were consumed by this verb and advance for the
+	// next verb
+	argi = len(args) - len(flagSet.Args())
+
+	// Get the regex from the command line
+	if argi >= argc {
+		flagSet.Usage()
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	pattern := args[argi]
+	argi += 1
+
+	// TODO: maybe CompilePOSIX
+	regexp, err := regexp.Compile(pattern)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s %s: couldn't compile regex \"%s\"\n",
+			args[0], verb, pattern)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	mapper, _ := NewMapperGrep(
+		regexp,
+		*pIgnoreCase,
+		*pInvert,
+	)
+
+	*pargi = argi
+	return mapper
+}
+
+func mapperGrepUsage(
+	o *os.File,
+	argv0 string,
+	verb string,
+	flagSet *flag.FlagSet,
+) {
+	fmt.Fprintf(o, "Usage: %s %s [options] {regular expression}\n", argv0, verb)
+	fmt.Fprintf(o, "Passes through records which match the regular expression.\n")
+
+	// flagSet.PrintDefaults() doesn't let us control stdout vs stderr
+	fmt.Fprint(o, "Options:\n")
+	flagSet.VisitAll(func(f *flag.Flag) {
+		fmt.Fprintf(o, " -%v (default %v) %v\n", f.Name, f.Value, f.Usage) // f.Name, f.Value
+	})
+
+	fmt.Fprint(o, `Note that "mlr filter" is more powerful, but requires you to know field names.
+By contrast, "mlr grep" allows you to regex-match the entire record. It does
+this by formatting each record in memory as DKVP, using command-line-specified
+ORS/OFS/OPS, and matching the resulting line against the regex specified
+here. In particular, the regex is not applied to the input stream: if you
+have CSV with header line "x,y,z" and data line "1,2,3" then the regex will
+be matched, not against either of these lines, but against the DKVP line
+"x=1,y=2,z=3".  Furthermore, not all the options to system grep are supported,
+and this command is intended to be merely a keystroke-saver. To get all the
+features of system grep, you can do
+  "mlr --odkvp ... | grep ... | mlr --idkvp ..."
+`)
+
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------
+type MapperGrep struct {
+	regexp *regexp.Regexp
+	ignoreCase bool
+	invert bool
+}
+
+func NewMapperGrep(
+	regexp *regexp.Regexp,
+	ignoreCase bool,
+	invert bool,
+) (*MapperGrep, error) {
+	this := &MapperGrep{
+		regexp: regexp,
+		ignoreCase: ignoreCase,
+		invert: invert,
+	}
+	return this, nil
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------
+func (this *MapperGrep) Map(
+	inrecAndContext *types.RecordAndContext,
+	outputChannel chan<- *types.RecordAndContext,
+) {
+	inrec := inrecAndContext.Record
+	if inrec != nil { // not end of record stream
+		inrecAsString := inrec.ToDKVPString()
+		// TODO: ignore case
+		matches := this.regexp.Match([]byte(inrecAsString))
+		if this.invert {
+			if !matches {
+				outputChannel <- inrecAndContext
+			}
+		} else {
+			if matches {
+				outputChannel <- inrecAndContext
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		outputChannel <- inrecAndContext
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go/todo.txt b/go/todo.txt
index b366f7bd3..df6d3efc4 100644
--- a/go/todo.txt
+++ b/go/todo.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ TOP OF LIST:
 * UDFs
 * local vars w/ typing
 
+* grep -i
+
 * some more verbs
-  o altkv decimate grep having-fields remove-empty-columns reorder
+  o altkv decimate having-fields remove-empty-columns reorder
   o stats1 stats2
 
 * double-check rand-seeding
diff --git a/go/u/try-help.out b/go/u/try-help.out
index 6b83947a5..4a9a2893f 100644
--- a/go/u/try-help.out
+++ b/go/u/try-help.out
@@ -44,6 +44,24 @@ TODO: put detailed on-line help here.
     full transparency on the precedence and associativity rules of
     Miller's grammar, to stdout.
 
+================================================================
+Usage: ./mlr grep [options] {regular expression}
+Passes through records which match the regular expression.
+Options:
+ -i (default false) Use case-insensitive search
+ -v (default false) Invert: pass through records which do not match the regex.
+Note that "mlr filter" is more powerful, but requires you to know field names.
+By contrast, "mlr grep" allows you to regex-match the entire record. It does
+this by formatting each record in memory as DKVP, using command-line-specified
+ORS/OFS/OPS, and matching the resulting line against the regex specified
+here. In particular, the regex is not applied to the input stream: if you
+have CSV with header line "x,y,z" and data line "1,2,3" then the regex will
+be matched, not against either of these lines, but against the DKVP line
+"x=1,y=2,z=3".  Furthermore, not all the options to system grep are supported,
+and this command is intended to be merely a keystroke-saver. To get all the
+features of system grep, you can do
+  "mlr --odkvp ... | grep ... | mlr --idkvp ..."
+
 ================================================================
 Usage: ./mlr group-by [options]
 Outputs records in batches having identical values at specified field names.
diff --git a/go/u/try-verbs b/go/u/try-verbs
index cdbceb12d..0d49baa6a 100755
--- a/go/u/try-verbs
+++ b/go/u/try-verbs
@@ -66,3 +66,6 @@ run_mlr --opprint --from u/medium.dkvp count -g a -n
 run_mlr --opprint --from u/medium.dkvp count -g a,b -n
 run_mlr --opprint --from u/medium.dkvp count -o NAME
 run_mlr --opprint --from u/medium.dkvp count -g a -o NAME
+
+run_mlr --opprint --from u/s.dkvp grep pan
+run_mlr --opprint --from u/s.dkvp grep -v pan
diff --git a/go/u/try-verbs.out b/go/u/try-verbs.out
index 5d973884b..824665b71 100644
--- a/go/u/try-verbs.out
+++ b/go/u/try-verbs.out
@@ -484,3 +484,15 @@ eks 10
 wye 7
 zee 8
 hat 7
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+mlr --opprint --from u/s.dkvp grep pan
+a   b   i x                  y
+pan pan 1 0.3467901443380824 0.7268028627434533
+eks pan 2 0.7586799647899636 0.5221511083334797
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+mlr --opprint --from u/s.dkvp grep -v pan
+a   b   i x                   y
+wye wye 3 0.20460330576630303 0.33831852551664776
+eks wye 4 0.38139939387114097 0.13418874328430463