Ack is Better than Grep
Posted by AllenWei | Posted in Tips | Posted on 15-02-2010-05-2008
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Install using port
sudo port install p5-app-ack
ok, try out.
suppose you have a rails foler, run ack --ruby rails .,
You can see it shows result very fast, and have keyword highlight.
is it impressive?
More usage man ack, You will forget grep
ack --help-typesack
--[no]actionscript .as .mxml
--[no]ada .ada .adb .ads
--[no]asm .asm .s
--[no]batch .bat .cmd
--[no]binary Binary files, as defined by Perl's -B op (default: off)
--[no]cc .c .h .xs
--[no]cfmx .cfc .cfm .cfml
--[no]cpp .cpp .cc .cxx .m .hpp .hh .h .hxx
--[no]csharp .cs
--[no]css .css
--[no]elisp .el
--[no]erlang .erl .hrl
--[no]fortran .f .f77 .f90 .f95 .f03 .for .ftn .fpp
--[no]haskell .hs .lhs
--[no]hh .h
--[no]html .htm .html .shtml .xhtml
--[no]java .java .properties
--[no]js .js
--[no]jsp .jsp .jspx .jhtm .jhtml
--[no]lisp .lisp .lsp
--[no]lua .lua
--[no]make Makefiles
--[no]mason .mas .mhtml .mpl .mtxt
--[no]objc .m .h
--[no]objcpp .mm .h
--[no]ocaml .ml .mli
--[no]parrot .pir .pasm .pmc .ops .pod .pg .tg
--[no]perl .pl .pm .pod .t
--[no]php .php .phpt .php3 .php4 .php5
--[no]plone .pt .cpt .metadata .cpy .py
--[no]python .py
--[no]rake Rakefiles
--[no]ruby .rb .rhtml .rjs .rxml .erb .rake
--[no]scheme .scm .ss
--[no]shell .sh .bash .csh .tcsh .ksh .zsh
--[no]skipped Files, but not directories, normally skipped by ack (default: off)
--[no]smalltalk .st
--[no]sql .sql .ctl
--[no]tcl .tcl .itcl .itk
--[no]tex .tex .cls .sty
--[no]text Text files, as defined by Perl's -T op (default: off)
--[no]tt .tt .tt2 .ttml
--[no]vb .bas .cls .frm .ctl .vb .resx
--[no]vim .vim
--[no]xml .xml .dtd .xslt .ent
--[no]yaml .yaml .yml
--[no]ada .ada .adb .ads
--[no]asm .asm .s
--[no]batch .bat .cmd
--[no]binary Binary files, as defined by Perl's -B op (default: off)
--[no]cc .c .h .xs
--[no]cfmx .cfc .cfm .cfml
--[no]cpp .cpp .cc .cxx .m .hpp .hh .h .hxx
--[no]csharp .cs
--[no]css .css
--[no]elisp .el
--[no]erlang .erl .hrl
--[no]fortran .f .f77 .f90 .f95 .f03 .for .ftn .fpp
--[no]haskell .hs .lhs
--[no]hh .h
--[no]html .htm .html .shtml .xhtml
--[no]java .java .properties
--[no]js .js
--[no]jsp .jsp .jspx .jhtm .jhtml
--[no]lisp .lisp .lsp
--[no]lua .lua
--[no]make Makefiles
--[no]mason .mas .mhtml .mpl .mtxt
--[no]objc .m .h
--[no]objcpp .mm .h
--[no]ocaml .ml .mli
--[no]parrot .pir .pasm .pmc .ops .pod .pg .tg
--[no]perl .pl .pm .pod .t
--[no]php .php .phpt .php3 .php4 .php5
--[no]plone .pt .cpt .metadata .cpy .py
--[no]python .py
--[no]rake Rakefiles
--[no]ruby .rb .rhtml .rjs .rxml .erb .rake
--[no]scheme .scm .ss
--[no]shell .sh .bash .csh .tcsh .ksh .zsh
--[no]skipped Files, but not directories, normally skipped by ack (default: off)
--[no]smalltalk .st
--[no]sql .sql .ctl
--[no]tcl .tcl .itcl .itk
--[no]tex .tex .cls .sty
--[no]text Text files, as defined by Perl's -T op (default: off)
--[no]tt .tt .tt2 .ttml
--[no]vb .bas .cls .frm .ctl .vb .resx
--[no]vim .vim
--[no]xml .xml .dtd .xslt .ent
--[no]yaml .yaml .yml
