ripgrep

name	ripgrep
description	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.

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