# rga: ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz, etc. rga is a line-oriented search tool that allows you to look for a regex in a multitude of file types. rga wraps the awesome [ripgrep] and enables it to search in pdf, docx, sqlite, jpg, movie subtitles (mkv, mp4), etc. [ripgrep]: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep [![github repo](https://img.shields.io/badge/repo-github.com%2Fphiresky%2Fripgrep--all-informational.svg)](https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all) [![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/ripgrep-all.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/ripgrep-all) [![fearless concurrency](https://img.shields.io/badge/concurrency-fearless-success.svg)](https://www.reddit.com/r/rustjerk/top/?sort=top&t=all) For more detail, see this introductory blogpost: https://phiresky.github.io/blog/2019/rga--ripgrep-for-zip-targz-docx-odt-epub-jpg/ rga will recursively descend into archives and match text in every file type it knows. Here is an [example directory](https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all/tree/master/exampledir/demo) with different file types: ``` demo/ ├── greeting.mkv ├── hello.odt ├── hello.sqlite3 └── somearchive.zip ├── dir │ ├── greeting.docx │ └── inner.tar.gz │ └── greeting.pdf └── greeting.epub ``` ![rga output](doc/demodir.png) ## Integration with fzf ![rga-fzf](doc/rga-fzf.gif) See [the wiki](https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all/wiki/fzf-Integration) for instructions of integrating rga with fzf. ## INSTALLATION Linux x64, macOS and Windows binaries are available [in GitHub Releases][latestrelease]. [latestrelease]: https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all/releases/latest ### Linux #### Arch Linux `pacman -S ripgrep-all` #### Nix `nix-env -iA nixpkgs.ripgrep-all` #### Debian-based download the [rga binary][latestrelease] and get the dependencies like this: `apt install ripgrep pandoc poppler-utils ffmpeg` If ripgrep is not included in your package sources, get it from [here](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/releases). rga will search for all binaries it calls in \$PATH and the directory itself is in. ### Windows Note that installing via [chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/packages/ripgrep-all) or [scoop](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Main/blob/master/bucket/rga.json) is the only supported download method. If you download the binary from releases manually, you will not get the dependencies (for example pdftotext from poppler). If you get an error like `VCRUNTIME140.DLL could not be found`, you need to install [vc_redist.x64.exe](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads). #### Chocolatey ``` choco install ripgrep-all ``` #### Scoop ``` scoop install rga ``` ### Homebrew/Linuxbrew `rga` can be installed with [Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ripgrep-all#default): `brew install rga` To install the dependencies that are each not strictly necessary but very useful: `brew install pandoc poppler ffmpeg` ### Compile from source rga should compile with stable Rust (v1.75.0+, check with `rustc --version`). To build it, run the following (or the equivalent in your OS): ``` ~$ apt install build-essential pandoc poppler-utils ffmpeg ripgrep cargo ~$ cargo install --locked ripgrep_all ~$ rga --version # this should work now ``` ## Available Adapters rga works with _adapters_ that adapt various file formats. It comes with a few adapters integrated: ``` rga --rga-list-adapters ``` You can also add **custom adapters**. See [the wiki](https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all/wiki) for more information. Adapters: - **pandoc** Uses pandoc to convert binary/unreadable text documents to plain markdown-like text Runs: pandoc --from= --to=plain --wrap=none --markdown-headings=atx Extensions: .epub, .odt, .docx, .fb2, .ipynb, .html, .htm - **poppler** Uses pdftotext (from poppler-utils) to extract plain text from PDF files Runs: pdftotext - - Extensions: .pdf Mime Types: application/pdf - **postprocpagebreaks** Adds the page number to each line for an input file that specifies page breaks as ascii page break character. Mainly to be used internally by the poppler adapter. Extensions: .asciipagebreaks - **ffmpeg** Uses ffmpeg to extract video metadata/chapters, subtitles, lyrics, and other metadata Extensions: .mkv, .mp4, .avi, .mp3, .ogg, .flac, .webm - **zip** Reads a zip file as a stream and recurses down into its contents Extensions: .zip, .jar Mime Types: application/zip - **decompress** Reads compressed file as a stream and runs a different extractor on the contents. Extensions: .als, .bz2, .gz, .tbz, .tbz2, .tgz, .xz, .zst Mime Types: application/gzip, application/x-bzip, application/x-xz, application/zstd - **tar** Reads a tar file as a stream and recurses down into its contents Extensions: .tar - **sqlite** Uses sqlite bindings to convert sqlite databases into a simple plain text format Extensions: .db, .db3, .sqlite, .sqlite3 Mime Types: application/x-sqlite3 The following adapters are disabled by default, and can be enabled using '--rga-adapters=+foo,bar': - **mail** Reads mailbox/mail files and runs extractors on the contents and attachments. Extensions: .mbox, .mbx, .eml Mime Types: application/mbox, message/rfc822 ## USAGE: > rga \[RGA OPTIONS\] \[RG OPTIONS\] PATTERN \[PATH \...\] ## FLAGS: **\--rga-accurate** > Use more accurate but slower matching by mime type > By default, rga will match files using file extensions. Some programs, > such as sqlite3, don\'t care about the file extension at all, so users > sometimes use any or no extension at all. With this flag, rga will try > to detect the mime type of input files using the magic bytes (similar > to the \`file\` utility), and use that to choose the adapter. > Detection is only done on the first 8KiB of the file, since we can\'t > always seek on the input (in archives). **\--rga-no-cache** > Disable caching of results > By default, rga caches the extracted text, if it is small enough, to a > database in \${XDG_CACHE_DIR-\~/.cache}/ripgrep-all on Linux, > _\~/Library/Caches/ripgrep-all_ on macOS, or > C:\\Users\\username\\AppData\\Local\\ripgrep-all on Windows. This way, > repeated searches on the same set of files will be much faster. If you > pass this flag, all caching will be disabled. **-h**, **\--help** > Prints help information **\--rga-list-adapters** > List all known adapters **\--rga-print-config-schema** > Print the JSON Schema of the configuration file **\--rg-help** > Show help for ripgrep itself **\--rg-version** > Show version of ripgrep itself **-V**, **\--version** > Prints version information ## OPTIONS: **\--rga-adapters=**\\... > Change which adapters to use and in which priority order (descending) > \"foo,bar\" means use only adapters foo and bar. \"-bar,baz\" means > use all default adapters except for bar and baz. \"+bar,baz\" means > use all default adapters and also bar and baz. **\--rga-cache-compression-level=**\ > ZSTD compression level to apply to adapter outputs before storing in > cache db > Ranges from 1 - 22 \[default: 12\] **\--rga-config-file=**\ **\--rga-max-archive-recursion=**\ > Maximum nestedness of archives to recurse into \[default: 5\] **\--rga-cache-max-blob-len=**\ > Max compressed size to cache > Longest byte length (after compression) to store in cache. Longer > adapter outputs will not be cached and recomputed every time. > Allowed suffixes on command line: k M G \[default: 2000000\] **\--rga-cache-path=**\ > Path to store cache db \[default: /home/phire/.cache/ripgrep-all\] **-h** shows a concise overview, **\--help** shows more detail and advanced options. All other options not shown here are passed directly to rg, especially \[PATTERN\] and \[PATH \...\] ## Development To enable debug logging: ```bash export RUST_LOG=debug export RUST_BACKTRACE=1 ``` Also remember to disable caching with `--rga-no-cache` or clear the cache (`~/Library/Caches/rga` on macOS, `~/.cache/rga` on other Unixes, or `C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\rga` on Windows) to debug the adapters. ### Nix and Direnv You can use the provided [`flake.nix`](./flake.nix) to setup all build- and run-time dependencies: 1. Enable [Flakes](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) in your Nix configuration. 1. Add [`direnv`](https://direnv.net/) to your profile: `nix profile install nixpkgs#direnv` 1. `cd` into the directory where you have cloned this directory. 1. Allow use of [`.envrc`](./.envrc): `direnv allow` 1. After the dependencies have been installed, your shell will now have all of the necessary development dependencies.