rg

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Ripgrep, a recursive line-oriented search tool. Aims to be a faster alternative to `grep`.

Options (5)

-F, --fixed-stringsboolean

Search for a literal string pattern

Example: rg {{[-F|--fixed-strings]}} -- {{string}}

--hiddenboolean

Include hidden files and entries listed in `.gitignore`

Example: rg {{[-.|--hidden]}} --no-ignore {{pattern}}

-g, --globboolean

Only search the files whose names match the glob pattern(s) (e.g. `README.*`)

Example: rg {{pattern}} {{[-g|--glob]}} {{filename_glob_pattern}}

-l, --files-with-matchesboolean

Only list matched files (useful when piping to other commands)

Example: rg {{[-l|--files-with-matches]}} {{pattern}}

-v, --invert-matchboolean

Show lines that do not match the pattern

Example: rg {{[-v|--invert-match]}} {{pattern}}

Recursively search current directory for a pattern (`regex`)

rg pattern

Recursively search for a pattern in a file or directory

rg pattern path/to/file_or_directory

Search for a literal string pattern

rg [-F|--fixed-strings] -- string

Include hidden files and entries listed in `.gitignore`

rg [-.|--hidden] --no-ignore pattern

Only search the files whose names match the glob pattern(s) (e.g. `README.*`)

rg pattern [-g|--glob] filename_glob_pattern

Recursively list filenames in the current directory that match a pattern

rg --files | rg pattern

Only list matched files (useful when piping to other commands)

rg [-l|--files-with-matches] pattern

Show lines that do not match the pattern

rg [-v|--invert-match] pattern