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Use ripgrep for content search and fzf for interactive selection.

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Section: File and code recipes

Search with ripgrep then open in Vim

bash
bash
rg --line-number --no-heading --color=always 'TODO|FIXME' | fzf --ansi | cut -d: -f1 | xargs -r vim
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A common pattern for jumping from search results into an editor.

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