ag - code searching

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GekkoP
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ag - code searching

Unread post by GekkoP » Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:32 am

A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher

Install it on Debian with: sudo apt-get install silversearcher-ag
For the Emacs lover this could be helpful: https://github.com/Wilfred/ag.el

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Re: ag - code searching

Unread post by slartie » Sat Dec 20, 2014 11:51 am

I switched to ag and ag.el some time ago and I don't miss ack one tiny bit. ag.el still needs a bit of work though, as it can come get a little unwieldy in handling search results, but despite that it's still pretty solid.

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