Performance, Debugging, and Multiline Search/Prefer literal search when possible

Use fixed strings for maximum speed.

Section: Performance patterns

Prefer literal search when possible

bash
bash
rg -F 'Content-Type:' .
Explanation

Literal search avoids regex overhead and is ideal for exact tokens.

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