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authorYPCrumble <ipcampbell@gmail.com>2016-12-22 07:21:22 -0500
committerAndrew Gallant <jamslam@gmail.com>2016-12-22 07:21:22 -0500
commit900ef0abc76c21697afa5c5a1a4f53f0a7d4ecc5 (patch)
tree7acbe4506a247de248c046c4a9833858d83e83da /doc
parent8396d3ffaae3784880a6cef25775ba2abd9f4fcf (diff)
Update docs to explain use of -g and --files to search for paths. (#285)
Update docs to explain use of -g and --files to search for paths. Fixes #284
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-rw-r--r--doc/rg.1.md12
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/rg.1 b/doc/rg.1
index b6ea695c..f7595671 100644
--- a/doc/rg.1
+++ b/doc/rg.1
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 1.18
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 1.19.1
.\"
-.TH "rg" "1"
+.TH "" "" "" "" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ Multiple glob flags may be used.
Globbing rules match .gitignore globs.
Precede a glob with a \[aq]!\[aq] to exclude it.
.RS
+.PP
+Values given to \-g must be quoted or your shell will expand them and
+result in unexpected behavior.
+.PP
+Combine with the \-\-files flag to return matched filenames (i.e., to
+replicate ack/ag\[aq]s \-g flag).
+.PP
+For example: rg \-g \[aq]<glob>\[aq] \-\-files
.RE
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
@@ -202,6 +210,10 @@ counted as part of the pattern.
.B \-\-files
Print each file that would be searched (but don\[aq]t search).
.RS
+.PP
+Combine with the \-g flag to return matched paths, for example:
+.PP
+rg \-g \[aq]<glob>\[aq] \-\-files
.RE
.TP
.B \-l, \-\-files\-with\-matches
diff --git a/doc/rg.1.md b/doc/rg.1.md
index 466a3539..3dc1a443 100644
--- a/doc/rg.1.md
+++ b/doc/rg.1.md
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ Project home page: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
overrides any other ignore logic. Multiple glob flags may be used. Globbing
rules match .gitignore globs. Precede a glob with a '!' to exclude it.
+ Values given to -g must be quoted or your shell will expand them and result
+ in unexpected behavior.
+
+ Combine with the --files flag to return matched filenames
+ (i.e., to replicate ack/ag's -g flag).
+
+ For example: rg -g '\<glob\>' --files
+
-h, --help
: Show this usage message.
@@ -136,6 +144,10 @@ Project home page: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
--files
: Print each file that would be searched (but don't search).
+ Combine with the -g flag to return matched paths, for example:
+
+ rg -g '\<glob\>' --files
+
-l, --files-with-matches
: Only show path of each file with matches.