gredit - Grep and Edit
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).
This is a fork of igrep, with an added context viewer to see the context of your matches. Also, gredit does not exit when you exit your editor.
gredit supports macOS and Linux. Reportedly it works on Windows as well.
Usage
gredit [OPTIONS] <PATTERN|--type-list> [PATH]
Args
<PATTERN> Regular expression used for searching.
<PATH> File or directory 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: vim,
neovim, nvim, nano, code, vscode, emacs, emacsclient]
-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: gredit respects ripgrep's configuration file if RIPGREP_CONFIG_PATH environment variable is set and reads all supported options from it.
Keybindings
| 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 |
Specifying text editor
gredit supports Vim, Neovim, nano, VS Code (stable and insiders), Emacs and EmacsClient.
To specify the editor, use one of the following (listed in order of their precedence):
-
--editoroption, -
$GREDIT_EDITORvariable, -
$EDITORvariable.
Higher priority option overrides lower one. If neither of these options is set, vim is used as a default.
Installation
Prebuilt binaries
gredit binaries can be downloaded from GitHub.
Build from source
Build and install from source using Rust toolchain by running: cargo install gredit.
