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They are a bit faster and have some nice modern features. For instance, by default they are recursive, but ignore hidden and gitignored files. If you have a virtual environment or node_modules in your project directory this can make a search infinitely faster than it is compared to grep digging around in node_modules.
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?They are a bit faster and have some nice modern features. For instance, by default they are recursive, but ignore hidden and gitignored files. If you have a virtual environment or node_modules in your project directory this can make a search infinitely faster than it is compared to grep digging around in node_modules.