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		kzrdude on Nov 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ripgrep is faster than grep, ag, Git grep, ucg, pt... -t is useful but -g doesn't require lookup in help first. Maybe the worse is better principle?

3PS on Nov 30, 2023 [–]

Tbh I've always just typed -t followed by something that feels intuitive and it's always worked. Never really bothered looking in help until I made the above comment.

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