Search fewer files for faster results.
Section: Performance patterns
Reduce search scope with types
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rg -t py 'dataclass' .Explanation
Targeting the right file types can cut search time dramatically in large monorepos.
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Compare similar commands or jump into common fixes when this command is part of a bigger troubleshooting path.
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Tune the number of worker threads
Control ripgrep parallelism explicitly.
Inspect filtering decisions
Show diagnostics about ignores, globs, and traversal.