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ack is a grep-like utility that allows searching using Perl-like regular expressions instead of the ed-like regular expressions from grep. Note: On Debian systems and derivatives like Ubuntu it's called ack-grep due to a naming conflict with a Kanji-related tool which is named ack, too.

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Using ack to search for regex in a specific file type

Wondering if there's a way to look for something like ack foo "*.scss"
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When searching twice pressing enter in the quickfix windows doesn't work

I'm on MacVim and I'm using the ack plugin for searching .vimrc Plug 'mileszs/ack.vim' let g:ackprg = 'ag --vimgrep --smart-case' When I type :Ack search_term the first time after opening vim, the ...
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ack print matches found in one line on one line not mutiple

Right now ack prints out all the matches separated by a newline. I'd like it so that all matches in one line are also printed on one line... possible? I can add --with filename which prints out the ...
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ack.pl tool and ack.pl flags + how to ignore files with S attr

I am using the ack.pl tool in order to search string or IP’s in files The official site of ack.pl is - http://beyondgrep.com/documentation/ Example of ack.pl CLI ( want to find the string ...
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Close ESTABLISHED connection based just on a SYN/ACK sequence

After the discussion "Connection remains flagged as ESTABLISHED even if host is unconnected" I am back again to ask for further information. Resume: I have a remote host (Windows client) which ...
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PhpStorm and Ack for source code reading

I need tools to browse large amounts of PHP source code and have heared PhpStorm (the source code IDE from JetBrains) and Ack (The Perl5 module from beyondgrep.com) are some of the best tools for the ...
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