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ugrep — Ultra fast search tool with query TUI. More information: <https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep#man-page>

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Problem

How to use the ugrep command: Ultra fast search tool with query TUI. More information: <https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep#man-page>.

Solution

ugrep — Ultra fast search tool with query TUI. More information: <https://github.com/Genivia/ugrep#man-page>.

Start a query TUI to search files in the current directory recursively (<Ctrl z> for help):
ugrep {{[-Q|--query]}}


Search the current directory recursively for files containing a regex search pattern:
ugrep "{{search_pattern}}"


Search in a specific file or in all files in a specific directory, showing line numbers of matches:
ugrep {{[-n|--line-number]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file_or_directory}}


Search in all files in the current directory recursively and print the name of each matching file:
ugrep {{[-l|--files-with-matches]}} "{{search_pattern}}"


Fuzzy search files with up to 3 extra, missing, or mismatching characters in the pattern:
ugrep {{[-Z|--fuzzy=]}}{{3}} "{{search_pattern}}"


Also search compressed files, Zip and .tar archives recursively:
ugrep {{[-z|--decompress]}} "{{search_pattern}}"


Search only files whose filenames match a specific glob pattern:
ugrep {{[-g |--glob=]}}"{{glob_pattern}}" "{{search_pattern}}"


Search only C++ source files (use --file-type=list to list all file types):
ugrep {{[-t |--file-type=]}}cpp "{{search_pattern}}"

Code Snippets

Start a query TUI to search files in the current directory recursively (`<Ctrl z>` for help)

ugrep {{[-Q|--query]}}

Search the current directory recursively for files containing a `regex` search pattern

ugrep "{{search_pattern}}"

Search in a specific file or in all files in a specific directory, showing line numbers of matches

ugrep {{[-n|--line-number]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

Search in all files in the current directory recursively and print the name of each matching file

ugrep {{[-l|--files-with-matches]}} "{{search_pattern}}"

Fuzzy search files with up to 3 extra, missing, or mismatching characters in the pattern

ugrep {{[-Z|--fuzzy=]}}{{3}} "{{search_pattern}}"

Context

tldr-pages: common/ugrep

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