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author | Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com> | 2018-02-12 17:54:12 -0500 |
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committer | Andrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com> | 2018-02-12 17:57:14 -0500 |
commit | b8e6d50bbe9c2cfa9fd661e5090d2b1fa27c3429 (patch) | |
tree | b449685010e6dc461ebe4b4d7ad6af72453d6157 /README.md | |
parent | 81afe8c5a0a04960353b68731a0c6d31436da04e (diff) |
doc: add "grep replacement" question to FAQ
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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@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ increases the times to `2.640s` for ripgrep and `10.277s` for GNU grep. ### 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 |