privsecfoss@feddit.dk to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoMust have commandline tools?message-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWhat is the difference between ripgrep and just plain grep?
minus-squareForthEorlingas@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoripgrep is a reimplementation of grep in Rust. It benchmarks faster for large file searches and also comes with quality of life features like syntax highlighting by default.
minus-squareTurboTurbo@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoEven better, there is ripgrep-all that can also search in binary files like PDFs and office documents: https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all
What is the difference between
ripgrepand just plain grep?ripgrepis a reimplementation ofgrepin Rust. It benchmarks faster for large file searches and also comes with quality of life features like syntax highlighting by default.Even better, there is ripgrep-all that can also search in binary files like PDFs and office documents: https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all