How can use :grep with range in neovim with ripgrep as external grep program?

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I am using ripgrep as external grep program in neovim. Which works when I call :grep 'pattern' in neovim Command Mode.

I frequently have to search some strings within a blocked range in long json files (i do not want to search the entire file but only within a range).

I would love to know,

If it is possible to use vim :grep with range ?
How can I use :grep 'pattern' % to search with a visually selected range only in the given file and not the entire file ?

I tried 15,82grep '^\s{8}\w+' % but it does not respect the range provided and searches the pattern with in the entire files !!

:grep does not work with range. It calls an external program and parses the output into the quickfix list. If I'm not mistaken, you want to pipe the visually-selected text to ripgrep and put the results in the qflist, right? That can be achieved by a custom function. But not by the standard :h :grep and :h gp system. — 3N4N, Sep 26, 2022 at 19:50

avimehenwal · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-26 20:18:40Z

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Vim/Neovim internal :vimgrep works for me.

:vimgrep /^\%V\s\{8}\a\+/ %

All results are places in quickfix list, grep search results respects the given visual range provided.

Cheers

answered Sep 26, 2022 at 20:18

avimehenwal

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