From 85db06d05142ece6cfff896af3192493d96f30ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2023 12:40:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add Count The Number Of ripgrep Pattern Matches as a Unix TIL

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 README.md                                     |  3 +-
 ...t-the-number-of-ripgrep-pattern-matches.md | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 unix/count-the-number-of-ripgrep-pattern-matches.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8dc4dcd..15c61e3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://crafty-builder-6996.ck.page/e169c61186).
 
-_1304 TILs and counting..._
+_1305 TILs and counting..._
 
 ---
 
@@ -1235,6 +1235,7 @@ _1304 TILs and counting..._
 - [Copying File Contents To System Paste Buffer](unix/copying-file-contents-to-system-paste-buffer.md)
 - [Copying Nested Directories With Ditto](unix/copying-nested-directories-with-ditto.md)
 - [Count The Number Of Matches In A Grep](unix/count-the-number-of-matches-in-a-grep.md)
+- [Count The Number Of ripgrep Pattern Matches](unix/count-the-number-of-ripgrep-pattern-matches.md)
 - [Create A File Descriptor with Process Substitution](unix/create-a-file-descriptor-with-process-substitution.md)
 - [Create A Sequence Of Values With A Step](unix/create-a-sequence-of-values-with-a-step.md)
 - [Curl With Cookies](unix/curl-with-cookies.md)
diff --git a/unix/count-the-number-of-ripgrep-pattern-matches.md b/unix/count-the-number-of-ripgrep-pattern-matches.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57b439c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unix/count-the-number-of-ripgrep-pattern-matches.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Count The Number Of ripgrep Pattern Matches
+
+If I run [`ripgrep`](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep) with a pattern
+against a project with many files, I may get a bunch of matches. So many
+matches even that they scroll off the screen.
+
+To get a summary of the number of matches in each file, I can include the `-c`
+flag:
+
+```bash
+❯ rg -c taco
+rails/parse-query-params-from-a-url.md:6
+rails/params-is-a-hash-with-indifferent-access.md:4
+ruby/fetch-warns-about-superseding-block-argument.md:1
+ruby/add-comments-to-regex-with-free-spacing.md:1
+ruby/create-a-csv-table-object.md:2
+ruby/a-basic-case-statement.md:4
+ruby/triple-equals-the-case-equality-operator.md:1
+ruby/build-http-and-https-urls.md:4
+rspec/check-specific-arguments-to-received-method.md:2
+javascript/check-classes-on-a-dom-element.md:1
+javascript/spread-merging-objects-includes-nil-values.md:2
+xstate/custom-jest-matcher-for-xstate-machine-states.md:1
+postgres/checking-inequality.md:1
+case.rb:4
+python/test-a-function-with-pytest.md:6
+```
+
+That is still a bunch of info and I may want to further summarize by getting a
+count of the total number of matches. I can do this by piping these results to
+an `awk` command that totals them up.
+
+```bash
+❯ rg -c taco | awk -F: '{total += $2} END {print total}'
+40
+```
+
+[Using `:` as the field
+seperator](https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/html_node/Full-Line-Fields.html),
+`awk` is able to get the number on the left side (`$2`) for each and sum that
+up.