ripgrep
E97033
ripgrep is a fast, command-line search tool written in Rust that recursively searches directories using regular expressions and is widely used as a modern alternative to grep.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ripgrep canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815912 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ripgrep Context triple: [Rust, notableProject, ripgrep]
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A.
GNU Grep
GNU Grep is the GNU Project’s free, open-source implementation of the grep command-line utility used for fast text searching and pattern matching in files.
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B.
GNU Findutils
GNU Findutils is a collection of essential GNU utilities, including the widely used `find`, `locate`, `updatedb`, and `xargs` tools, for searching and managing files on Unix-like systems.
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C.
Grok
Grok is an AI chatbot developed by xAI, designed to provide conversational access to real-time information and reasoning capabilities.
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D.
Finder
Finder is the primary file management and desktop navigation application for Apple's Macintosh operating systems, providing users with a graphical interface to access and organize files, folders, and drives.
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E.
Rust
Rust is a modern systems programming language focused on memory safety, concurrency, and performance without a garbage collector.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ripgrep Target entity description: ripgrep is a fast, command-line search tool written in Rust that recursively searches directories using regular expressions and is widely used as a modern alternative to grep.
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A.
GNU Grep
GNU Grep is the GNU Project’s free, open-source implementation of the grep command-line utility used for fast text searching and pattern matching in files.
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B.
GNU Findutils
GNU Findutils is a collection of essential GNU utilities, including the widely used `find`, `locate`, `updatedb`, and `xargs` tools, for searching and managing files on Unix-like systems.
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C.
Grok
Grok is an AI chatbot developed by xAI, designed to provide conversational access to real-time information and reasoning capabilities.
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D.
Finder
Finder is the primary file management and desktop navigation application for Apple's Macintosh operating systems, providing users with a graphical interface to access and organize files, folders, and drives.
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E.
Rust
Rust is a modern systems programming language focused on memory safety, concurrency, and performance without a garbage collector.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command-line search tool
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ software ⓘ |
| commandName | rg ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
The Silver Searcher
ⓘ
ack ⓘ GNU Grep ⓘ
surface form:
grep
|
| developer |
Andrew Gallant
ⓘ
BurntSushi ⓘ |
| distribution |
Homebrew formula
ⓘ
Linux distribution packages ⓘ Rust crate ⓘ Windows package managers ⓘ prebuilt binaries ⓘ |
| genre |
grep-like utility
ⓘ
text search tool ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
The Silver Searcher
ⓘ
ack ⓘ grep ⓘ |
| license |
MIT License
ⓘ
UNLICENSE ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high performance
ⓘ
modern default settings ⓘ wide adoption among developers ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Rust ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
.gitignore support
ⓘ
.ignore support ⓘ .rgignore support ⓘ Perl-compatible regular expressions ⓘ Unicode-aware searching ⓘ binary file detection ⓘ colorized output ⓘ context lines output ⓘ glob-based file filtering ⓘ hidden file search control ⓘ ignore files support ⓘ multithreaded searching ⓘ recursive directory search ⓘ search in compressed archives (via ripgrep-all or wrappers) ⓘ smart case search ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
interactive use in terminals
ⓘ
searching log files ⓘ searching source code ⓘ |
| usesLibrary |
grep-searcher crate (Rust)
ⓘ
ignore crate (Rust) ⓘ regex crate (Rust) ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Rust ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ripgrep Description of subject: ripgrep is a fast, command-line search tool written in Rust that recursively searches directories using regular expressions and is widely used as a modern alternative to grep.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.