Command-line tool

ugrep

brew/ugrep

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Ultra fast grep with query UI, fuzzy search, archive search, and more zip tui search ripgrep code-search interactive hexdump grep regex file-search unicode recursively-search

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Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id Genivia.ugrep -e
scoop install ugrep

macOS

brew install ugrep

Linux

brew install ugrep

Start a query TUI to search files in the current directory recursively (`<Ctrl z>` for help)

ugrep -Q

Search the current directory recursively for files containing a `regex` search pattern

ugrep "search_pattern"

Search in a specific file or in all files in a specific directory, showing line numbers of matches

ugrep -n "search_pattern" path/to/file_or_directory

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