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Ripgrep

Use this skill when the user wants to search for text patterns in files, search codebases with regex, find files containing specific text, or replace grep with a faster alternative.

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ripgrep (rg) Plugin

Fast recursive regex search that respects gitignore and skips hidden/binary files.

Commands

Search

  • ripgrep search run — Search for regex pattern
  • ripgrep search files — List files containing pattern

Usage Examples

  • "Find all occurrences of a pattern"
  • "Search recursively in this directory"
  • "List files containing a word"
  • "Search with case-insensitive flag"

Installation

cargo install ripgrep
# or
brew install ripgrep

Examples

# Basic search
rg "pattern"

# Case insensitive
rg -i "pattern"

# Show line numbers
rg -n "pattern"

# Only filenames
rg -l "pattern"

# Whole word match
rg -w "pattern"

# Count matches
rg -c "pattern"

# JSON output
rg --json "pattern"

# Search specific file type
rg -t js "pattern"

Common Flags

  • -n — Show line numbers
  • -l — Show only filenames
  • -i — Case insensitive
  • -w — Match whole words
  • -c — Show count per file
  • -t — Filter by type (js, py, rs, etc.)
  • --json — JSON output

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npx skillmds@latest add javimosch/ripgrep