ugrep

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Ultra fast search tool with query TUI.

Options (7)

-Q, --queryboolean

Start a query TUI to search files in the current directory recursively (`<Ctrl z>` for help)

Example: ugrep {{[-Q|--query]}}

-n, --line-numberboolean

Search in a specific file or in all files in a specific directory, showing line numbers of matches

Example: ugrep {{[-n|--line-number]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

-l, --files-with-matchesboolean

Search in all files in the current directory recursively and print the name of each matching file

Example: ugrep {{[-l|--files-with-matches]}} "{{search_pattern}}"

-Zboolean

Fuzzy search files with up to 3 extra, missing, or mismatching characters in the pattern

Example: ugrep {{[-Z|--fuzzy=]}}{{3}} "{{search_pattern}}"

-z, --decompressboolean

Also search compressed files, Zip and `.tar` archives recursively

Example: ugrep {{[-z|--decompress]}} "{{search_pattern}}"

-gboolean

Search only files whose filenames match a specific glob pattern

Example: ugrep {{[-g |--glob=]}}"{{glob_pattern}}" "{{search_pattern}}"

-tboolean

Search only C++ source files (use `--file-type=list` to list all file types)

Example: ugrep {{[-t |--file-type=]}}cpp "{{search_pattern}}"

Start a query TUI to search files in the current directory recursively (`<Ctrl z>` for help)

ugrep [-Q|--query]

Search the current directory recursively for files containing a `regex` search pattern

ugrep "search_pattern"

Search in a specific file or in all files in a specific directory, showing line numbers of matches

ugrep [-n|--line-number] "search_pattern" path/to/file_or_directory

Search in all files in the current directory recursively and print the name of each matching file

ugrep [-l|--files-with-matches] "search_pattern"

Fuzzy search files with up to 3 extra, missing, or mismatching characters in the pattern

ugrep [-Z|--fuzzy=]3 "search_pattern"

Also search compressed files, Zip and `.tar` archives recursively

ugrep [-z|--decompress] "search_pattern"

Search only files whose filenames match a specific glob pattern

ugrep [-g |--glob=]"glob_pattern" "search_pattern"

Search only C++ source files (use `--file-type=list` to list all file types)

ugrep [-t |--file-type=]cpp "search_pattern"