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rg (ripgrep): https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep

I used to use ag (the silver searcher) [1] before, and `ag` was practically a muscle memory to me, but then I came across ripgrep and it was so much faster. I've now installed a static binary of ripgrep in every machine I have SSH access to.

[1] https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher

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Note that rg and ag don't have the same feature sets. Here's a handy chart that shows the differences.

https://beyondgrep.com/feature-comparison/

That chart is now quite out of date. I don't think there are any substantial features present in ag that are absent from rg. See my note in the README: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep#feature-comparison

Please let me know what's new so that I can update the chart. Dumping into an issue will do, and then I can worry about getting it into chart format.

https://github.com/beyondgrep/website/issues

The first time i use it, I was in shock about how fast ripgrep is. Amazing.

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