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# ag
> The Silver Searcher. Like `ack`, but aims to be faster.
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> More information: <https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher>.
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- Find files containing "foo", and print the line matches in context:
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`ag {{foo}}`
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- Find files containing "foo" in a specific directory:
`ag {{foo}} {{path/to/directory}}`
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- Find files containing "foo", but only list the filenames:
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`ag -l {{foo}}`
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- Find files containing "FOO" case-insensitively, and print only the match, rather than the whole line:
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`ag -i -o {{FOO}}`
- Find "foo" in files with a name matching "bar":
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`ag {{foo}} -G {{bar}}`
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- Find files whose contents match a regular expression:
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`ag '{{^ba(r|z)$}}'`
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- Find files with a name matching "foo":
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`ag -g {{foo}}`