> If ripgrep never performs writes, there's never a chance of a mistake in usage or bug in the software clobbering files in bulk. Yeah that's exactly why it do

> If ripgrep never performs writes, there's never a chance of a mistake in usage or bug in the software clobbering files in bulk. Yeah that's exactly why it doesn't. It is true that the `-r/--replace` flag can replace a number of `sed` and `awk` use cases. It has for me at least.