bat-extras/doc/batgrep.md

bat-extras: batgrep

Quickly search through and highlight files using ripgrep.

Search through files or directories looking for matching regular expressions (or fixed strings with -F), and print the output using bat for an easy and syntax-highlighted experience.

Command Line

Synopsis:

• batgrep [OPTIONS] PATTERN [PATH...]

Options:

Short	Long	Description
-i	--ignore-case	Use case insensitive searching.
-s	--case-sensitive	Use case sensitive searching.
-S	--smart-case	Use smart case searching.
-A	--after-context=[LINES]	Display the next n lines after a matched line.
-B	--before-context=[LINES]	Display the previous n lines before a matched line.
-C	--context=[LINES]	A combination of --after-context and --before-context.
-p	--search-pattern	Tell pager to search for PATTERN. Currently supported pagers: less.
	--no-follow	Do not follow symlinks.
	--no-snip	Do not show the snip decoration. This is automatically enabled when --context=0 or when bat --version is less than 0.12.x.
	--no-highlight	Do not highlight matching lines. This is automatically enabled when --context=0.
	--color	Force color output.
	--no-color	Force disable color output.
	`--paging=["never"	"always"]`
	--pager=[PAGER]	Specify the pager to use.
	--terminal-width=[COLS]	Generate output for the specified terminal width.

Options (Passthrough): The following options are passed directly to ripgrep, and are not handled by this script.

Short	Long	Notes
-F	--fixed-strings
-U	--multiline
-P	--pcre2
-z	--search-zip
-w	--word-regexp
	--one-file-system
	--multiline-dotall
	--ignore / --no-ignore
	--crlf / --no-crlf
	--hidden / --no-hidden
-E	--encoding	This is unsupported by bat, and may cause issues when trying to display unsupported encodings.
-g	--glob
-t	--type
-T	--type-not
-m	--max-count
	--max-depth
	--iglob
	--ignore-file

Installation

This script is a part of the bat-extras suite of scripts. You can find install instructions here.

Caveats

Differences from ripgrep:

• --follow is enabled by default for batgrep.

• Not all the ripgrep options are supported.

Issues?

If you find an issue or have a feature suggestion, make a pull request or issue through GitHub! Contributions are always welcome.