Grep Panel for VS Code

Grep Panel is a Visual Studio Code extension for executing grep searches and keeping the results in a panel to browse through and visit.

Three different types of grep are tried in the following order:

1. rg: ripgrep
2. git grep: Git Grep
3. grep: Traditional grep

Whichever succeeds first is used and they're ordered this way from fastest to slowest.

Installation

Install through the Visual Studio Code Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=chrisjdavies.grep-panel

Screenshot

Commands

Grep Panel adds the following commands to the command palette:

• Grep Panel: Grep...
• Grep Panel: Copy Results
• Grep Panel: Clear Results

For the Grep... command, the query box is populated with either:

• the selected text, or
• the word at the cursor if no text is selected.

You will notice that the format of the query includes -- "...". This is because the text is used directly in the command invocation to allow extra flags to be passed (e.g. -i). Consequently, if you want to include spaces in your pattern, you should surround your query with quotes: e.g. "hello, world".

Thanks

• Thanks to ripgrep for being an amazingly fast drop-in for grep.
• Thanks to vim-ripgrep for the inspiration. I use this all the time in vim and miss it in VS Code.
• Thanks to DALL-E 3 for generating the icon/logo.