ead of as regular expressions. When this flag is used, special regular expression meta characters such as \fB.(){}*+\fP should not need be escaped. followno-followFollow symbolic links. This flag instructs ripgrep to follow symbolic links while traversing directories. This behavior is disabled by default. Note that ripgrep will check for symbolic link loops and report errors if it finds one. ripgrep will also report errors for broken links. To suppress error messages, use the \flag{no-messages} flag. generateKINDGenerate man pages and completion scripts. This flag instructs ripgrep to generate some special kind of output identified by \fIKIND\fP and then quit without searching. \fIKIND\fP can be one of the following values: .sp .TP 15 \fBman\fP Generates a manual page for ripgrep in the \fBroff\fP format. .TP 15 \fBcomplete\-bash\fP Generates a completion script for the \fBbash\fP shell. .TP 15 \fBcomplete\-zsh\fP Generates a completion script for the \fBzsh\fP shell. .TP 15 \fBcomplete\-fish\fP Generates a completion script for the \fBfish\fP shell. .TP 15 \fBcomplete\-powershell\fP Generates a completion script for PowerShell. .PP The output is written to \fBstdout\fP. The list above may expand over time. mancomplete-bashcomplete-zshcomplete-fishcomplete-powershell