$ curl cheat.sh/

# ack
# A search tool like grep, optimized for developers.
# See also: `rg`, which is much faster.
# More information: <https://beyondgrep.com/documentation>.

# Search for files containing a string or regular expression in the current directory recursively:
ack "search_pattern"

# Search for a case-insensitive pattern:
ack --ignore-case "search_pattern"

# Search for lines matching a pattern, printing [o]nly the matched text and not the rest of the line:
ack -o "search_pattern"

# Limit search to files of a specific type:
ack --type=ruby "search_pattern"

# Do not search in files of a specific type:
ack --type=noruby "search_pattern"

# Count the total number of matches found:
ack --count --no-filename "search_pattern"

# Print the file names and the number of matches for each file only:
ack --count --files-with-matches "search_pattern"

# List all the values that can be used with `--type`:
ack --help-types

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