ack

# 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}}

- Search a file for a specified string:

ack bar "{{foo bar}}" {{path/to/file}}

- Search a file for the specified regex pattern:

ack bar "{{[bB]ar \d+}}" {{path/to/file}}

- List all valid types:

ack --help-types