bashANYripgrepreplace
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rg --replace 'logger.error($1)' 'console\.error\((.*)\)' src/This is a preview only; combine with `sd`, `perl`, or editor tools for actual rewrites.
Replace, Preprocess, and Encodings
Preview replacements, search transformed files, and handle compressed or non-UTF8 data.
Export
Copy the compact sheet, download it, or print it.
Download
`D` dense toggle · `C` copy all
Replacement previews
Use ripgrep to preview transformed output before applying changes with another tool.
bashANYripgrepreplacecapture-group
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rg --replace '$2_$1' '(\w+)-(\w+)' sample.txtCapture-group replacement is great for exploring renames before making edits.
bashANYripgrepreplaceextract
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rg -o --replace '$1' 'name="([^"]+)"' template.htmlUseful for harvesting identifiers or values from structured text.
bashANYripgreppcre2replace
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rg -P --replace '$1' '(?<=id=)\d+' data.txtThis works well when look-around is needed to isolate the match.
bashANYripgrepfzfworkflow
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rg --line-number --no-heading 'TODO' . | fzfripgrep plus fzf is a classic workflow for interactive navigation and cleanup.
Preprocessors and compressed files
Search data that needs to be transformed before matching.
bashANYripgrepcompressed
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rg -z 'Exception' logs/`-z` lets ripgrep inspect gzip, xz, bzip2, lz4, brotli, and similar compressed inputs when supported.
bashANYripgreppreprocessorpdf
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rg --pre 'pdftotext -layout' 'invoice' docs/*.pdfPreprocessors are powerful when the raw file format is not plain text.
bashANYripgreppre-glob
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rg --pre 'pandoc -t plain' --pre-glob '*.docx' 'roadmap' docs/`--pre-glob` avoids paying a preprocessing cost for unrelated files.
bashANYripgreparchivespipeline
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tar -xOf backup.tar config/app.yml | rg 'database:'Sometimes a pipeline is simpler than a custom preprocessor.
bashANYripgrepbinarytext
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rg -a 'sqlite' mystery.bin`-a` can be useful for generated files, dumps, or partially text-based formats.
Encodings and text quirks
Handle non-UTF8 files, BOMs, and line-ending differences.
bashANYripgrepencodingutf16
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rg --encoding utf-16le 'Version' report.txtThis is common with Windows exports and some vendor logs.
bashANYripgrepencodingshift-jis
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rg --encoding shift_jis 'エラー' app.logEncoding support helps when working across older systems or regional datasets.
bashANYripgrepcrlf
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rg 'TODO' README.txtripgrep handles CRLF line endings well by default, so no special flag is usually required.
bashANYripgrepreplacepreview
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rg -N --replace '$1' '"([^"]+)"' data.json`-N` is handy when line numbers would clutter preview output.
bashANYripgrepnulxargs
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rg -l -0 'TODO' . | xargs -0 sed -n '1p'This is the shell-safe way to handle paths with spaces or newlines.
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