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Ripgrep – A new command line search tool
In this article I will introduce a new command line search tool, ripgrep , that combines the usability of The Silver Searcher (an ack clone) with the raw performance of GNU grep. ripgrep is fast, cross platform (with binaries available for Linux, Mac and Windows) and written in Rust .
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- 740
- HN comments
- 437
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- 55 commenters
Tools & ProductivitySoftware Engineering2016
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2016 | Ripgrep – A new command line search tool by anp | 740 | 209 |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Ripgrep is faster than grep, ag, Git grep, ucg, pt, sift (2016) by subset | 390 | 188 |
| Sep 8, 2018 | Ripgrep is faster (2016) by tosh | 98 | 40 |
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