tldr/pages/common/ack.md

# ack

> A search tool like grep, optimized for programmers.
> More information: <https://beyondgrep.com/documentation/>.

- Find files containing "foo":

`ack {{foo}}`

- Find files of a specific type:

`ack --ruby {{foo}}`

- 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}}`

- List all valid types:

`ack --help=types`
adding ack 2014-10-01 18:02:25 -04:00			`# ack`

			`> A search tool like grep, optimized for programmers.`
Refactor: reword English pages' links' descriptions. 2019-06-03 02:06:36 +02:00			`> More information: <https://beyondgrep.com/documentation/>.`
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Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Find files containing "foo":`
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			`ack {{foo}}`

ack: made some changes - Changed description of file type - Added command to list all types 2019-03-07 13:53:13 +05:30			`- Find files of a specific type:`
adding ack 2014-10-01 18:02:25 -04:00
ack: clarify file types syntax meaning fix #2805 2019-02-28 09:15:48 -05:00			`ack --ruby {{foo}}`
adding ack 2014-10-01 18:02:25 -04:00
Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Count the total number of matches for the term "foo":`
adding ack 2014-10-01 18:02:25 -04:00
			`ack -ch {{foo}}`

Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Show the file names containing "foo" and number of matches in each file:`
adding ack 2014-10-01 18:02:25 -04:00
Normalize the final new line Fixes #310 Some files had no newlines, some had 1 newline and some more than 1 newline. Normalize them all to have only 1 newline at the end of all files. 2015-10-28 14:03:06 +05:30			`ack -cl {{foo}}`
ack: made some changes - Changed description of file type - Added command to list all types 2019-03-07 13:53:13 +05:30
			`- List all valid types:`

			`ack --help=types`