Output, Context, and Reporting/Always show file names

Force file names even for a single file.

Section: Formatting and location metadata

Always show file names

bash
bash
rg --with-filename -n 'host' nginx.conf
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Useful in scripts or when concatenating outputs from multiple commands.

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