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authorAndrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>2018-02-12 17:54:12 -0500
committerAndrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>2018-02-12 17:57:14 -0500
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I am tired of being throwing "but ripgrep is marketed as a grep replacement" in my face. Let's answer it once and for all.
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### Why should I use ripgrep?
-* It can replace both The Silver Searcher and GNU grep because it is generally
- faster than both. (N.B. It is not, strictly speaking, a "drop-in" replacement
- for both, but the feature sets are far more similar than different.)
+* It can replace many use cases served by both The Silver Searcher and GNU grep
+ because it is generally faster than both. (See [the FAQ](FAQ.md#posix4ever)
+ for more details on whether ripgrep can truly replace grep.)
* Like The Silver Searcher, ripgrep defaults to recursive directory search
and won't search files ignored by your `.gitignore` files. It also ignores
hidden and binary files by default. ripgrep also implements full support