`rg pattern`	Search current directory
`rg pattern path/`	Search specific path
`rg pattern file.txt`	Search in file
`rg "multi word"`	Search phrase
`rg -i pattern`	Case insensitive
`rg -w pattern`	Whole word match
`rg -x pattern`	Whole line match

Output Control

`rg -n pattern`	Show line numbers (default)
`rg -N pattern`	Hide line numbers
`rg -l pattern`	Show only filenames
`rg -c pattern`	Count matches per file
`rg --count-matches pattern`	Count all matches
`rg -o pattern`	Show only matched text
`rg -v pattern`	Invert match

Context

Context Lines

`rg -C 3 pattern`	3 lines before and after
`rg -B 2 pattern`	2 lines before
`rg -A 2 pattern`	2 lines after
`rg --context-separator="---" -C 2 pattern`	Custom separator

Filters

File Type Filters

`rg -t py pattern`	Search Python files
`rg -t js -t ts pattern`	Multiple file types
`rg -T py pattern`	Exclude Python files
`rg --type-list`	List file types
`rg --type-add "web:*.{html,css,js}" -t web pattern`	Custom type

Glob Filters

`rg -g "*.js" pattern`	Include glob
`rg -g "!*.min.js" pattern`	Exclude glob
`rg -g "src/*/.ts" pattern`	Recursive glob
`rg -g "!node_modules" pattern`	Exclude directory

Other Filters

`rg --hidden pattern`	Include hidden files
`rg --no-ignore pattern`	Don't respect .gitignore
`rg -u pattern`	Unrestricted (--no-ignore)
`rg -uu pattern`	More unrestricted (+hidden)
`rg -uuu pattern`	All files (including binary)
`rg --max-depth 2 pattern`	Limit directory depth
`rg -L pattern`	Follow symlinks

Regex

Regular Expressions

`rg "\bword\b"`	Word boundary
`rg "^start"`	Line start
`rg "end$"`	Line end
`rg "a.*b"`	Any characters between
`rg "a.+b"`	One or more between
`rg "colou?r"`	Optional character
`rg "[aeiou]"`	Character class
`rg "[0-9]+"`	One or more digits
`rg "(foo\|bar)"`	Alternation

Regex Options

`rg -F "literal."`	Fixed string (no regex)
`rg -P "(?<=foo)bar"`	PCRE2 regex
`rg -U "foo\nbar"`	Multiline search
`rg -s pattern`	Case sensitive (smart)
`rg -S pattern`	Smart case

Replace

Search and Replace

`rg -r "replacement" pattern`	Replace matches
`rg -r "$1" "(\w+)"`	Capture group
`rg -r "${1}_${2}" "(\w+)-(\w+)"`	Multiple captures
`rg --passthru -r "new" "old"`	Show all lines with replacement

Output Format

Formatting

`rg --color=always pattern \| less -R`	Color with less
`rg --no-heading pattern`	No file headings
`rg --heading pattern`	Group by file
`rg --vimgrep pattern`	Vim-compatible output
`rg --json pattern`	JSON output
`rg --stats pattern`	Show statistics

Sorting

`rg --sort path pattern`	Sort by path
`rg --sort modified pattern`	Sort by modified time
`rg --sort accessed pattern`	Sort by access time
`rg --sort created pattern`	Sort by creation time
`rg --sortr path pattern`	Reverse sort

Configuration

Config File

.ripgreprc

# ~/.ripgreprc
# Set with RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH

# Smart case by default
--smart-case

# Include hidden files
--hidden

# Exclude directories
--glob=!.git
--glob=!node_modules
--glob=!vendor
--glob=!*.min.js

# Max columns for long lines
--max-columns=200

# Show context
--context=2

# Custom type
--type-add=web:*.{html,css,js,ts}

Ignore file

# .rgignore or .ignore
# Same syntax as .gitignore

node_modules/
dist/
build/
*.log
*.min.js
.env
*.pyc
__pycache__/

Examples

Common Use Cases

`rg -t py "import" \| wc -l`	Count Python imports
`rg -l TODO \| xargs code`	Open TODO files in VS Code
`rg -t js "console.log" -l`	Find files with console.log
`rg -t py "def " -c \| sort -t: -k2 -rn`	Files by function count
`rg "TODO\|FIXME\|HACK" --stats`	Find code annotations
`rg -e "pattern1" -e "pattern2"`	Multiple patterns (OR)
`rg "func" \| rg "error"`	Multiple patterns (AND)
`rg "\b(var\|let)\b" -t js`	Find var/let in JS