Add Find Occurrences Of Multiple Values With Ripgrep as a Unix TIL

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+# Find Occurrences Of Multiple Values With Ripgrep
+
+Let's say I have a several values that show up throughout the files in my
+project. They are `Valid`, `Restricted`, `Refunded`, `Disputed`, and `Banned`.
+
+I want to find all occurrences of each of these values.
+
+This can be done with [`rg` (ripgrep)](https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep)
+and a bit of regex.
+
+```bash
+rg "\b(Valid|Restricted|Refunded|Disputed|Banned)\b"
+```
+
+This uses `\b` on both ends to indicate word boundaries. This ensures it
+matches on `Valid` without also matching on `Validate`. It then wraps all the
+options in parentheses separated by `|` which says, "match on this word, this
+word, ..., or this word".
+
+I can even take this a step further by only matching on quoted instances of
+these words like so:
+
+```bash
+$ rg "[\"']\b(Valid|Restricted|Refunded|Disputed|Banned)\b[\"']"
+```