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# ag
> The Silver Searcher. Like ack, but faster.
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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", but only list the filenames:
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`ag -l foo`
- Find files containing "FOO" case-insensitively, and print only the match, rather than the whole line:
`ag -i -o FOO`
- Find "foo" in files with a name matching "bar":
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`ag foo -G bar`
- Find files whose contents match a regular expression:
`ag '^ba(r|z)$'`
- Find files with a name matching "foo":
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`ag -g foo`