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I use ack for this purpose, because the color filtering options are so good. https://beyondgrep.com/ https://beyondgrep.com/

• hayst4ck 4y ago
  Every time I've done research (twice) ripgrep comes out on top. Usually it's something like rg > ag > ack > grep and that's overall testimonial, not just speed. What am I missing?
  • jpitz 4y ago
    I started using ack about 14 years ago, so theres a lot of inertia there. It is slower than the others, but it was so much faster at the time for searching through source trees than grep. For log colorizing, I make use of the --color-match and --passthru arguments, like https://powdahound.com/2009/10/colorize-log-output-with-ack/ https://powdahound.com/2009/10/colorize-log-output-with-ack/
    • burntsushi 4y ago
      For log colorizing, here's the approximate equivalent of that blog post for ripgrep: cat UNLICENSE | rg --passthru --color always --colors 'match:fg:red' public | rg --passthru --color always --colors 'match:fg:green' heirs | rg --passthru --color always --colors 'match:fg:cyan' benefit