Runs grep (ripgrep's library) in the background, allows interactively pick its results and open selected match in text editor of choice (vim by default).
igrep supports macOS and Linux. Windows support will be considered.
ig [OPTIONS] <PATTERN|--type-list> [PATH]
<PATTERN> Regular expression used for searching.
<PATH> File or directory to search. Directories are searched recursively.
If not specified, searching starts from current directory.
-., --hidden Search hidden files and directories. By default, hidden files and
directories are skipped.
--editor <EDITOR> Text editor used to open selected match. [env: IGREP_EDITOR=]
[default: vim] [possible values: vim, neovim, nvim, nano]
-g, --glob <GLOB> Include files and directories for searching that match the given glob.
Multiple globs may be provided.
-h, --help Print help information
-i, --ignore-case Searches case insensitively.
-S, --smart-case Searches case insensitively if the pattern is all lowercase.
Search case sensitively otherwise.
-t, --type <TYPE_MATCHING> Only search files matching TYPE.
Multiple types may be provided.
-T, --type-not <TYPE_NOT> Do not search files matching TYPE-NOT.
Multiple types-not may be provided.
--type-list Show all supported file types and their corresponding globs.
-V, --version Print version information.
| Key | Action |
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| q, Esc | Quit |
| Down, j | Select next match |
| Up,k | Select previous match |
| Right, l, PageDown | Select match in next file |
| Left, h, PageUp | Select match in previous file |
| gg, Home | Jump to the first match |
| Shift-g, End | Jump to the last match |
| Enter | Open current file |
| dd, Delete | Filter out selected match |
| dw | Filter out all matches in current file |
| F5 | Re-run search |
igrep binaries can be download from GitHub (for Linux and MacOS). One can also build and install it from source using Rust toolchain by running: cargo install igrep.