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# vgrep
> A user friendly pager for grep.
> See also: `ugrep`, `rg`.
> More information: <https://github.com/vrothberg/vgrep>.
- Recursively search the current directory for a pattern and cache it:
`vgrep {{search_pattern}}`
- Display the contents of the cache:
`vgrep`
- Open the "4th" match from the cache in the default editor:
`vgrep --show {{4}}`
- Display a context of "3" lines for each match in the cache:
`vgrep --show=context{{3}}`
- Display the number of matches for each directory in the tree:
`vgrep --show=tree`
- Display the number of matches for each file in the tree:
`vgrep --show=files`
- Start an interactive shell with cached matches:
`vgrep --interactive`