ack is a search tool designed for code. It's built to be a replacement forgrep with higher speed and more options.
Installation
To install the latest version, use homebrew.
Why use ack over grep
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- Faster
- Skips unimportant files by default
- It searches recursively by default
- Customizable
Usage
Let's say you want to find all JavaScript files that are using the modulepancakes in your project, with ack it's as easy as
Or you may want to find all files that does not contain the word brew Pass on my words mac os.
Customization
You can customize ack to behave the way you want it to, this configuration is stored in /.ackrc.
For example, you can add a custom type to use as a flag when searching. Thefollowing configuration will allow you to only search in .md, .mkd and.markdown files using the --markdown flag.
You can also tell ack to always sort and use colors in the result.
To see what configuration ack uses you can use the dump flag.
Alternatives to ack
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There's The Silver Surfer which describes itself as a
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A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.
