> When you run ripgrep with its output connected to a tty, then its output is "prettified." That means results are grouped by file, colorized and include line n

> When you run ripgrep with its output connected to a tty, then its output is "prettified." That means results are grouped by file, colorized and include line numbers. But if you aren't connected to a tty, then ripgrep reverts to the standard grep format (e.g., no line numbers). This means you should be able to use ripgrep in pipelines pretty much exactly like you would use grep. It just does the right thing. Yes, I knew that. What I meant to say is that in the particular case of "rg pattern file", I feel it doesn't to the right thing. I understand that my usual usage of that kind of invocation may not be like the majority, so I understand that other people might prefer that default as it is right now. In my usual usage, though, I feel the numbers are burdensome, because I have to imagine the output without it to know what I'm passing in to the next command I've yet to type in the pipeline. I can't remember the last time I used that kind of invocation to look for the line number a match was in. I only ever use the line numbers when matching a directory or multiple files. > Yes. That's the -M/--max-columns option. I have that set by default in my config: That's awesome, and thanks for sharing your config.