CLI tools

ripgrep as a replacement for grep

• GitHub project
  • BurntSushi/ripgrep: ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern
• File searching tool
  • claims to be much faster than grep
  • installing
    • brew install ripgrep
    • looks like perl compatible regular expressions are built in with the brew install
  • usage
    • simplest case:
      • rg search_term_here
    • version
      • rg --version
  • documentation
    • man rg
    • rg [OPTIONS] PATTERN [PATH...]

fzf

• see fzf

Random tip and tricks

• open man page as a pdf
  • man -t rg | open -f -a Preview.app
• speed up repeat speed when key is held down
  • see second line here:

    defaults write -g InitialKeyRepeat -int 10 # normal minimum is 15 (225 ms)
    defaults write -g KeyRepeat -int 1 # normal minimum is 2 (30 ms)
    

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    curl

• download html page and save to file
  • curl -s -o ./file.html -k [https://example.com](https://example.com`)