| name | ripgrep |
| description | Search code and text files via ripgrep (rg) in Bash. Prefer rg over the Grep tool: rg gives full unredacted output, supports pipe composition, and exposes flags Grep does not (-F, -w, -L, -v). |
ripgrep
Default invocation:
rg -n -C 2 -t TYPE -e 'pattern'
-n line numbers-C 2 two lines of context before/after-t TYPE file-type filter (-t js, -t py, -t go, ...; rg --type-list for the full set)-e 'pattern' single-quoted to keep the shell out
Tool selection
Default to Bash(rg) for code/text search. Grep is the Claude Code built-in (also rg under the hood) but truncates output, cannot pipe, and exposes only a subset of rg flags. Use Grep only when the search is trivial and structured output is desired.
Glob handles filename-only matching.
Non-default flags worth knowing
-F literal pattern, no regex -- use when the pattern contains . ( * etc.; avoids escape hell-w whole-word match -- -w -e 'test' won't hit testing or latest-l / -L list files containing / not containing the pattern-g 'glob' glob filter when -t doesn't fit (-g '*.test.js', -g '!vendor/**')-e 'a' -e 'b' multiple patterns, OR semantics
