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name: ripgrep-search
description: Use when searching a codebase for symbols, strings or files - covers fast ripgrep invocations.
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# Searching with ripgrep

- `rg -n 'pattern'` searches recursively and prints line numbers.
- `rg -l 'pattern'` lists only the matching files.
- `rg --files -g '*.nix'` lists files by glob without searching their contents.
- `rg -w name` matches whole words only.