tldr/pages/common/ag.md
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# ag
> The Silver Searcher. Like ack, but faster.
- Find files containing "foo", and print the line matches in context:
`ag foo`
- Find files containing "foo", but only list the filenames:
`ag -l foo`
- Find files containing "FOO" case-insensitively, and print only the match, rather than the whole line:
`ag -i -o FOO`
- Find "foo" in files with a name matching "bar":
`ag foo -G bar`
- Find files whose contents match a regular expression:
`ag '^ba(r|z)$'`
- Find files with a name matching "foo":
`ag -g foo`