ripgrep

ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern. By default, ripgrep will respect .gitignore rules and automatically skip hidden files/directories and binary files. (To disable all automatic filtering by default, use rg -uuu.) ripgrep has first class support on Windows, macOS and Linux, with binary downloads available for every release. ripgrep is similar to other popular search tools like The Silver Searcher, ack and grep. — ripgrep

Commands

# Recursively search the current directory for a regular expression:
rg regular_expression
 
# Search for regular expressions recursively in the current directory, including
# hidden files and files listed in `.gitignore`:
rg --no-ignore --hidden regular_expression
rg -uuu -. regular_expression
 
# Search for a regular expression only in a subset of directories:
rg regular_expression set_of_subdirs
 
# Search for a regular expression in files matching a glob (e.g. `README.*`):
rg regular_expression --glob glob
rg regular_expression -g glob
 
# Search for a regular expression from the given file
rg regular_expression -f pattern_file
 
# Search for filenames that match a regular expression:
rg --files | rg regular_expression
 
# Only list matched files (useful when piping to other commands):
rg --files-with-matches regular_expression
rg --files-with-matches regular_expression|xargs vi
 
# Show lines that do not match the given regular expression:
rg --invert-match regular_expression
 
# Search a literal string pattern:
rg --fixed-strings -- string

References

• ripgrep/GUIDE.md