rg <pattern>- Search for a pattern in the current directory and all subdirectories.rg -i <pattern>- Case insensitive search.rg -w <pattern>- Search for whole words.
rg <pattern> -g '*.rs'- Search only in Rust files.rg <pattern> -g '!*.log'- Exclude log files from the search.rg --type-add 'web:*.{html,css,js}' -tweb <pattern>- Search in files with custom type (html, css, js).
rg -C 3 <pattern>- Show 3 lines of context around matches.rg -A 3 <pattern>- Show 3 lines after the match.rg -B 3 <pattern>- Show 3 lines before the match.rg --color always <pattern>- Force color output.
rg '(foo|bar)'- Search for foo or bar using regex.rg -z <pattern>- Search in compressed (gzip) files.rg --multiline 'foo\nbar'- Multiline search.rg -uu <pattern>- Search hidden files and directories, and traverse symlinked directories.
rg -j4 <pattern>- Use 4 threads for searching.
rg --type-list- List all supported file types.rg -tpy <pattern>- Search only in Python files.
rg --ignore-file .gitignore <pattern>- Respect ignore patterns listed in a .gitignore file.rg --no-ignore <pattern>- Ignore .ignore and .gitignore files
To exclude specific directories from your search, use the --glob option with a negation (!) pattern. This tells rg to ignore files or directories that match the given pattern.
rg <pattern> -g '!dir_to_ignore/*'- Ignore a specific directory.rg <pattern> -g '!dir_to_ignore/**'- Ignore a specific directory and all its subdirectories.rg <pattern> -g '!{dir1,dir2}/*'- Ignore multiple specific directories.rg <pattern> -g '!*.ext'- Ignore files with a specific extension.
rg -i authorized_keys -g '!/proc/*' -g '!/sys/*' -g '!/dev/*' -g '!/nix/store/*' -j$(nproc) # quickly find all files containg authorized_keys
rg --files -g authorized_keys -g '!/proc/*' -g '!/sys/*' -g '!/dev/*' -g '!/nix/store/*' -j$(nproc) # list all files names containg authorized_keys