Search for a literal dot while staying in regex mode.
Section: Literal and escaped searches
Escape regex metacharacters
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rg 'config\.json' .Explanation
This is handy when you want regex power overall but still need to match punctuation literally.
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Same sheet · prioritizing Literal and escaped searches
Search as a plain literal string
Disable regex parsing and match the text exactly.
Match several literal patterns
Provide multiple literal patterns in one command.
Search a literal pattern with PCRE2 multiline support
Match text spanning lines using a more powerful regex engine.