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Output, Context, and Reporting/Limit matches per file

Stop after a fixed number of matches in each file.

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Section: Reporting and scripting

Limit matches per file

bash
bash
rg -m 3 'deprecated' src/
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Speeds up scans when you only need sample hits, not exhaustive results.

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