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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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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
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