Command-line tool

ripgrep

brew/ripgrep

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Search tool like grep and The Silver Searcher rust cli search ripgrep command-line grep regex command-line-tool gitignore recursively-search

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id BurntSushi.ripgrep.GNU -e
scoop install ripgrep
cargo install ripgrep

macOS

brew install ripgrep
cargo install ripgrep

Linux

brew install ripgrep
cargo install ripgrep

Recursively search current directory for a pattern (`regex`)

rg pattern

Recursively search for a pattern in a file or directory

rg pattern path/to/file_or_directory

Search for a literal string pattern

rg -F -- string

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