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		usefulcat on Sept 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rga: Ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Of... Would be cool if it also searched metadata in images, audio, video.

lafrenierejm on Sept 18, 2024 [–]

See https://github.com/phiresky/ripgrep-all/issues/221 for an example of doing this via a custom adapter and `exiftool`.

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