ripgrep stats

Show total matches, files searched, elapsed time

rg 'error' /var/log/ --stats 2>&1 | tail -5
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More grep commands

  • Search binary files
    grep -a 'password' /proc/<pid>/mem 2>/dev/null | strings | head -20

    Treat binary as text (-a) to search process memory

  • Extended regex alternation
    grep -E '(ERROR|WARN|CRIT)' app.log | tail -50

    Match lines containing ERROR, WARN, or CRIT

  • Recursive case-insensitive search
    grep -ri 'error' /var/log/

    Search all files under /var/log for 'error' (any case)

  • Show context lines
    grep -B3 -A5 'FATAL' app.log

    Print 3 lines before and 5 lines after each match

  • Count matches
    grep -c 'POST /api' /var/log/nginx/access.log

    Print only the number of matching lines

all 15 grep commands