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skunkworker on Nov 26, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ripgrep 14 Released

Ripgrep is probably my favorite command line tool (which replaces older solutions). It’s just so quick to search a folder for a specific line of text in a file.

coldtea on Nov 26, 2023 [–]

Same here... the program I use most aside from my editor.

In fact my current editor, VS Code, also does searching powered by rg behind the scenes:

  /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules.asar.unpacked/vscode-ripgrep/bin/rg

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