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Add option to disable regex search and search only for exact matches #607

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hauleth opened this issue Sep 19, 2017 · 7 comments
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Add option to disable regex search and search only for exact matches #607

hauleth opened this issue Sep 19, 2017 · 7 comments

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@hauleth
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hauleth commented Sep 19, 2017

This option could also accept --smart-case and --ignore-case options with would allow to case independent searches.
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BurntSushi commented Sep 19, 2017 •
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@hauleth Why doesn't the -F/--fixed-strings flag, which is named after the corresponding flag in grep, work for your use case?

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hauleth commented Sep 19, 2017

Oh, I've must missed that option. Sorry for this fuss.

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@cedricvanrompay
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I would suggest to add this to the FAQ or to add a section for it in the user guide because it's pretty hard to find in the user guide right now when you don't know the name of the option already.

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viggy28 commented May 27, 2021

I didn't find --fixed-literals, rather --fixed-strings is available.

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Yes, I misspoke. I corrected my comment.

LordFlashmeow added a commit to LordFlashmeow/ripgrep that referenced this issue Jul 22, 2021
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Add -F/--fixed-strings to the User Guide's Common options
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BurntSushi#607 is the top result for the search "ripgrep disable regex". I think it makes sense to add it to the user guide, since it's a very useful flag.
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doc: add -F/--fixed-strings to "common options"
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#607 is the top result for the search "ripgrep disable regex". I think
it makes sense to add it to the user guide, since it's a very useful
flag.

PR #1945
@guanghechen
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Hi, I just wonder if there is any workaround to search strings contain \n with the --fixed-strings option specified like the vscode did?

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@guanghechen Please ask a question via Discussions: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/discussions

Please show an example of what you want. Please show what you've tried and the output of what happened when you did.

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