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Re:Ripgrep is faster than grep, ag, Git grep, ucg, pt, sift ... by kzrdude on Thursday November 30, 2023 @12:09PM (#38475969)
-t is useful but -g doesn't require lookup in help first. Maybe the worse is better principle?
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Re:Ripgrep is faster than grep, ag, Git grep, ucg, pt, sift ... by 3PS on Thursday November 30, 2023 @12:16PM (#38476058)
Tbh I've always just typed -t followed by something that feels intuitive and it's always worked. Never really bothered looking in help until I made the above comment.
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