Keep syntax highlighting in paged output.
Section: Editor-friendly formats
Force colors through a pager
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rg --color=always 'panic!' src/ | less -RExplanation
`less -R` preserves raw ANSI colors in paged results.
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Disable ANSI color for downstream tools
Prevent escape sequences from breaking consumers.
Emit vimgrep-style results
Print `file:line:column:text` output for editors.
Use JSON for custom tooling
Feed structured matches into a script or app.
Point ripgrep at a config file
Set a path that ripgrep reads for default arguments.