Hacking Tools

ripgrep : The Fast, Flexible Search Tool

ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern. By default, ripgrep will respect gitignore rules and automatically skip hidden files/directories and binary files.

(To disable all automatic filtering by default, use rg -uuu.) ripgrep has first class support on Windows, macOS and Linux, with binary downloads available for every release. ripgrep is similar to other popular search tools like The Silver Searcher, ack and grep.

CHANGELOG

Please see the CHANGELOG for a release history.

Documentation Quick Links

  • Installation
  • User Guide
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Regex syntax
  • Configuration files
  • Shell completions
  • Building
  • Translations

Screenshot Of Search Results

Quick Examples Comparing Tools

This example searches the entire Linux kernel source tree (after running make defconfig && make -j8) for [A-Z]+_SUSPEND, where all matches must be words. Timings were collected on a system with an Intel i9-12900K 5.2 GHz

Please remember that a single benchmark is never enough! See my blog post on ripgrep for a very detailed comparison with more benchmarks and analysis.

ToolCommandLine countTime
ripgrep (Unicode)rg -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'5360.082s (1.00x)
hypergrephgrep -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'5360.167s (2.04x)
git grepgit grep -P -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'5360.273s (3.34x)
The Silver Searcherag -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'5340.443s (5.43x)
ugrepugrep -r --ignore-files --no-hidden -I -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'5360.639s (7.82x)
git grepLC_ALL=C git grep -E -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'5360.727s (8.91x)
git grep (Unicode)LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 git grep -E -n -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'5362.670s (32.70x)
ackack -w '[A-Z]+_SUSPEND'26772.935s (35.94x)

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Varshini

Varshini is a Cyber Security expert in Threat Analysis, Vulnerability Assessment, and Research. Passionate about staying ahead of emerging Threats and Technologies.

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