Find debug logging in source code
Locate `console.log` usage across a codebase.
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rg -t ts -t tsx 'console\.log\(' src/Notes
A classic cleanup pass before releases.
Real-World Code Search Recipes
High-value ripgrep recipes for refactors, security scans, framework audits, logs, and docs.
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Refactor recipes
Common search patterns used before renames or migrations.
Find deprecated API calls
Search for an old method across target languages.
bashANYripgrepmigrationapi
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rg -t py -t js '\boldApi\(' .Notes
This helps estimate migration effort before opening a large refactor.
Find a React hook across TSX files
Search only the frontend component surface.
bashANYripgrepreacttsx
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rg -t tsx '\buseEffect\b' app/Notes
Restricting the file type keeps results focused and relevant.
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rg -i 'select\s+\*' .Notes
Helpful for performance and style audits.
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rg -P 'https?://\S+' .Notes
Great for finding config drift, API endpoints, and test fixtures.
Security and secrets hygiene
Fast scans for obvious risky content before commit or deployment.
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rg -P 'AKIA[0-9A-Z]{16}' .Notes
This is only a first-pass heuristic, not a substitute for dedicated secret scanners.
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rg 'BEGIN (RSA |EC |OPENSSH )?PRIVATE KEY' .Notes
This scan catches a surprising number of accidental commits.
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rg -i 'password|secret|token|api[_-]?key' .env*Notes
Useful in onboarding, audits, and pre-release reviews.
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rg -P '[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]+' .Notes
This may produce false positives, but it is helpful for quick triage.
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rg -i 'id_rsa|id_ed25519|IdentityFile' .Notes
Useful when standardizing deployment and SSH practices.
Logs, docs, and ops recipes
Practical searches for operations, documentation, and support work.
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rg '\b5\d\d\b|Internal Server Error|Exception' logs/Notes
A quick first pass before deeper log analysis.
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rg -o '\[[^\]]+\]\([^\)]+\)' docs/Notes
Useful for doc migrations and broken-link audits.
Find container image references
Search YAML and Helm files for image tags.
bashANYripgrepkubernetesyaml
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rg -t yaml 'image:\s' deploy/ charts/Notes
Helpful during security updates and registry migrations.
Find Terraform resource blocks
Search infrastructure code for a resource type.
bashANYripgrepterraforminfra
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rg -t tf '^resource\s+"aws_' infra/Notes
Great for impact analysis before cloud changes.
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rg -t yaml -t json '^\s*operationId:' api/Notes
Useful when documenting API coverage or integrating code generators.
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Performance, Debugging, and Multiline Search
Understand ripgrep defaults, debug missing results, and use PCRE2 or multiline search when required.
Config and Shell Integration
Persist preferred flags, create custom types, and combine ripgrep with fd, fzf, git, and editors.
Replace, Preprocess, and Encodings
Preview replacements, search transformed files, and handle compressed or non-UTF8 data.
Output, Context, and Reporting
Control headings, context lines, counts, paths, columns, and machine-readable output.
Globs, Types, and Ignore Rules
Control what ripgrep searches with globs, type filters, hidden files, and ignore behavior.
Regex and Fixed Strings
Use basic regex, PCRE2, word boundaries, alternation, and literal searches with ripgrep.