Exclude directories

Search recursively skipping vcs and dependency dirs

grep -r --exclude-dir='.git' --exclude-dir='node_modules' 'TODO' .

More grep commands

Print filename and line number

grep -rn 'panic:' /var/log/app/

Show file and line number for each match
ripgrep fast search

rg 'TODO|FIXME|HACK' --type py -l

List files containing TODO/FIXME/HACK in Python files
ripgrep with context

rg 'panic' -C3 --glob '*.go'

3 lines of context around matches in Go files
ripgrep search in hidden files

rg 'secret_key' --hidden --no-ignore

Search hidden and .gitignore'd files
ripgrep replace preview

rg 'old_value' --replace 'new_value' --passthru config.yaml

Preview how a replacement would look without writing