Ack
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A grep alternative with some more convenient hotkeys.
Usage
ack <searchword> ack --ignore-dir <directory> <searchword>Ack can also store default arguments in
.ackrc
files. The default userfile is stored in the user's home, but every time that ack is run, it searches backwards from the current directory for any directory containing a.ackrc
and applies any flags contained within it to the providedack
command.
Configuration
You can save ack commandline-flags in a
.ackrc
file. This can be saved within a directory, and it will be applicable to all subdirectories. This project-specific ackrc can be omitted with the commandline argument--noenv
.# example .ackrc file --ignore-dir=site-packages/ --ignore-dir=tests/ --ignore-file=is:ctags # exact filename match 'tags'