function srch_top
		set NUM 3
		set PRINT_COUNT False
		set RG_ARGS
		for arg in $argv
				switch $arg
						case '--top-*'
								set NUM (echo $arg | sed 's/--top-//')
								if not test $NUM -gt 0 ^ /dev/null
										error_message "srch_top error: $arg must contain a number"
										return 1
								end
						case --count -c
								set PRINT_COUNT True
						case '*'
								set RG_ARGS $RG_ARGS $arg
				end
		end
		set PY_SCRIPT "
import sys
from heapq import nlargest
files = sys.stdin.read().split()
key_func = lambda line: int(line.split(':').pop())
for l in nlargest($NUM, files, key=key_func):
    path, count = l.split(':')
    print(f'{count}: {path}')
"
		if eval $PRINT_COUNT
				rg -c $RG_ARGS | python3 -c $PY_SCRIPT
		else
				rg -c $RG_ARGS | python3 -c $PY_SCRIPT | sed 's/^.*: //'
		end
end

function srch
  set RG_ARGS
  set N_LARGEST 0
  for arg in $argv
    switch $arg
      case '-n*'
        set -l num (echo $arg | rg -o '\d+')
        if test $num -gt 0
          set RG_ARGS $RG_ARGS "-c"
          set N_LARGEST $num
        end
      case '*'
        set RG_ARGS $RG_ARGS $arg
    end
  end
  set PY_SCRIPT "
from heapq import nlargest
from sys import stdin
from sys import stdout
for match_count in nlargest($N_LARGEST, stdin.readlines(), key=lambda l: l.split(':')[-1]):
    print(match_count.strip())
"
  if test $N_LARGEST -gt 0
    rg $RG_ARGS | python -c "$PY_SCRIPT"
  else
    rg $RG_ARGS
  end
end

function srch() {
    RG_ARGS=""
    N_LARGEST=0
    for arg in $@
    do
        case "$arg" in
            -n*)
                num=$(echo "$arg" | rg -o '\d+')
                if ((nag > 0)); then
                    RG_ARGS="$RG_ARGS -c"  # add count flag to rg
                    N_LARGEST=$num
                fi
                ;;
            *)
                RG_ARGS="$RG_ARGS $arg"
        esac
    done
    PY_SCRIPT="
from heapq import nlargest
from sys import stdin
from sys import stdout
for match_count in nlargest($N_LARGEST, stdin.readlines(), key=lambda l: l.split(':')[-1]):
    print(match_count.strip())
"
    if ((N_LARGEST > 0)); then
        rg $RG_ARGS | python -c "$PY_SCRIPT";
    else
        rg $RG_ARGS
    fi
}