igrep - Interactive Grep

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. Reportedly it works on Windows as well.

Usage

ig [OPTIONS] <PATTERN|--type-list> [PATHS]...

Args

<PATTERN>    Regular expression used for searching.
<PATHS>...   Files or directories to search. Directories are searched recursively.
             If not specified, searching starts from current directory.

Options

-., --hidden                  Search hidden files and directories. By default, hidden files and
                              directories are skipped.
--editor <EDITOR>             Text editor used to open selected match.
                              [possible values: check supported text editors section]
-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.
    --theme <THEME>           UI color theme [default: dark] [possible values: light, dark]
    --type-list               Show all supported file types and their corresponding globs.
-V, --version                 Print version information.

NOTE: ig respects ripgrep's configuration file if RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH environment variable is set and reads all supported options from it.

Keybindings

Supported text editors

igrep supports Vim, Neovim, nano, VS Code (stable and insiders), Emacs, EmacsClient, Helix, SublimeText, Micro, Intellij, Goland and Pycharm. If your beloved editor is missing on this list and you still want to use igrep please file an issue.

Specifying text editor

To specify the editor, use one of the following (listed in order of their precedence):

• --editor option,
• $IGREP_EDITOR variable,
• $VISUAL variable,
• $EDITOR variable.

Higher priority option overrides lower one. If neither of these options is set, vim is used as a default.

Installation

Prebuilt binaries

igrep binaries can be downloaded from GitHub.

Homebrew

brew tap konradsz/igrep https://github.com/konradsz/igrep.git
brew install igrep

Scoop

scoop bucket add igrep https://github.com/konradsz/igrep.git
scoop install igrep

Arch Linux

pacman -S igrep

Build from source

Build and install from source using Rust toolchain by running: cargo install igrep.