The "rip" in the name "ripgrep" is meant to mean "to rip through text."
Incidentally, its dual meaning never occurred to me until someone told
me after I had released it.
See also:
https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/FAQ.md#intentcountsforsomething
> Ripgrep (`rg`) is smart. It's like grep if grep were built for code. It
> respects `.gitignore` and `.ignore`, has all of the sensible options you want
> (colors, numbers, etc) turned on by default, is written in Rust, and simply
-> outperforms grep in every imaginable way. R.I.P. grep.
+> outperforms grep in every imaginable way.
```bash
rg <search-term> # searches recursively, ignoring .git, node_modules, etc