Supply many search terms from a separate file.
Section: Literal and escaped searches
Read patterns from a file
bash
bash
rg -F -f patterns.txt src/Explanation
Great for deny lists, migration checklists, or curated audit terms.
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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.
Escape regex metacharacters
Search for a literal dot while staying in regex mode.
Search a literal pattern with PCRE2 multiline support
Match text spanning lines using a more powerful regex engine.