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that searches more quickly than grep, and lets you perform | that searches more quickly than grep, and lets you perform | ||
multiline regex. | multiline regex. | ||
= Documentation = | |||
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ag 'file.touch(\n\s.*)+' # multiline search example | ag 'file.touch(\n\s.*)+' # multiline search example | ||
ag 'Foo(?!Bar)' | # lookahead / lookbehind | ||
ag '(?<= | ag 'Foo(?!Bar)' | ||
ag 'Bar(?=Foo)' | |||
ag '(?<!Concurrent)::Promise' | |||
ag '(?<=Concurrent)::Promise' | |||
ag --pager='less -Ri' search # ag to pager | ag --pager='less -Ri' search # ag to pager | ||
Latest revision as of 16:26, 5 February 2024
The silver searcher is a file-searching module ag
that searches more quickly than grep, and lets you perform
multiline regex.
Documentation
github https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher
Install
sudo pacman -S the_silver_searcher # arch brew install the_silver_searcher # macos
Usage
ag 'file.touch(\n\s.*)+' # multiline search example # lookahead / lookbehind ag 'Foo(?!Bar)' ag 'Bar(?=Foo)' ag '(?<!Concurrent)::Promise' ag '(?<=Concurrent)::Promise' ag --pager='less -Ri' search # ag to pager ag -G '.*\.rb$' foo # search files matching '.*\.rb$' ag search \ -l `# print files only` \
