ripgrep (rg)

Open SourceShow HN 2016

Fastest recursive regex search tool for the terminal

Written in Rust by Andrew Gallant (BurntSushi), ripgrep is considered by Hacker News as a masterpiece of systems programming and CLI design.

99.8Score
Erwähnungen
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Teilnehmende
3,200
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99%

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Warum Hacker es lieben

  • Unmatched raw search speed on large codebases
  • Respects .gitignore rules by default without configuration
  • Exceptional documentation, error messages, and unicode support

Bedenken & Kompromisse

  • Single-file regex only (multiline requires flag and slows search)
Ideal für: Every engineer working with codebases from the command line.

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2 Kommentare
@simonw•27.10.2021
Originalbeitrag ↗
Thread: Ask HN: What CLI tools have changed how you write code?
“ripgrep is in the top 3 developer tools ever created. It changed my day-to-day work more than any IDE.”
@BurntSushi•23.9.2016
Originalbeitrag ↗
Thread: Show HN: ripgrep – A faster grep with gitignore support
“ripgrep was designed from day one to search code as fast as physically possible while respecting your gitignore.”