From 9b01a8f9ae53ebcd05c27ec21843758c2c1e823f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dash <33206210+LordFlashmeow@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 17:52:25 -0700 Subject: doc: add -F/--fixed-strings to "common options" #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 --- GUIDE.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/GUIDE.md b/GUIDE.md index c560e28f..8b4dfd1e 100644 --- a/GUIDE.md +++ b/GUIDE.md @@ -992,6 +992,8 @@ used options that will likely impact how you use ripgrep on a regular basis. * `-S/--smart-case`: This is similar to `--ignore-case`, but disables itself if the pattern contains any uppercase letters. Usually this flag is put into alias or a config file. +* `-F/--fixed-strings`: Disable regular expression matching and treat the pattern + as a literal string. * `-w/--word-regexp`: Require that all matches of the pattern be surrounded by word boundaries. That is, given `pattern`, the `--word-regexp` flag will cause ripgrep to behave as if `pattern` were actually `\b(?:pattern)\b`. -- cgit v1.2.3