tldr/pages/common/ack.md
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ack

A search tool like grep, optimized for programmers.

  • Find files containing "foo":

ack {{foo}}

  • Find files in a specific language:

ack --ruby {{each_with_object}}

  • Count the total number of matches for the term "foo":

ack -ch {{foo}}

  • Show the file names containing "foo" and number of matches in each file:

ack -cl {{foo}}