The Silver Searcher, better known as Ag is a tool similar to ack.
The Silver Searcher, better known as Ag is an open-source tool similar to ack created and maintained by Geoff Greer.
Questions tagged [ag]
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Silver Searcher - How to ignore a file
According to the docs, it should be
--ignore PATTERN
I have a file containing tags, named "tags". I have tried the following, each of them still searches through the tag file..
ag -Qt --ignore ".*tags" "asdf"
ag -Qt --ignore .*tags "asdf"
ag -Qt…
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silver searcher ignore multiple directories
using The silver searcher how can I ignore multiple directories?
I tried ag foo --ignore-dir dir1,dir2 but it doesn't work.
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Silver Searcher: how to return filename without path
I am using Silver Searcher to find information in my Calibre library which, by default uses long directory and filenames that are a bit redundant. Example search:
chris@ODYSSEUS:~/db/ebooks/paper-art$ ag --markdown angel
Christophe Boudias…
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Ignore long lines in silversearcher
Right now I am using:
ag sessions --color|cut -b1-130
But this will cause color artifacts if the search match is cut bu the cut command.
Silversearcher has this in the docs:
--print-long-lines
Print matches on very long lines (> 2k…
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Count total number of matches in directory with ag
I'm attempting to find the number of matches for a given string across a large project. Currently, to do this with ag I am using the following command:
$ echo 0$(ag -c searchterm | sed -e "s/^.*:/+/") | bc
which is obviously a bit lengthy and not…
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Searching multiple patterns (words) with ack?
I want to search multiple patterns in a directory containing recursive directories and files.
I know command for grep which is as follows
grep -e '(pattern1)|(pattern2)'
or
grep -r -E 'string1|string2|string3' /var/www/http
What is the command…
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How to enable AG in vim + fzf
I am new to vim. I read online that one of the best fuzzy finder in vim is fzf. I have started using it. But whenever I write the command :Ag I get ag is not found. I don't know what it means and I don't know how to fix it.
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How can I force ag to find matches in node_modules?
I'm using ag to search a git repo. It doesn't find matches under my node_modules subdirectory. Why not, and how can I control this behavior?
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ag: search exact string, not a pattern
My Problem
I'm searching for Application(service) in my files using ag. Since ag treats strings as regular expression patterns, I have to escape the parens and use:
ag 'Application\(service\)'
This is cumbersome and easy to miss, especially when…
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How to I use ag to search only in current folder (nonrecursive)?
I love ag :: the_silver_searcher but I am wondering how can I perform a search non-recursively.
Sometimes I want to search only inside files from my home directory but without looking in subdirectories.
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Search through .zst text files
I have large zstd-compressed text files.
How can I run fast search over them ?
Can I use AG (The Silver Searcher) or something similar ?
I've tried AG but it doesn't work, I have a "failed to load error" :
ag -z -i "term"
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silver_searcher (ag) with multiple search expressions?
Does silver_searcher support specifying multiple search expressions something like -e in grep?
I could not find any option in the document/help.
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How do I configure ctrlp to work correctly with ag outside of a git repo?
I use ag with ctrlp, as suggested here:
if executable('ag')
set grepprg=ag\ --nogroup\ --nocolor
let g:ctrlp_user_command = 'ag %s -l --nocolor -g ""'
let g:ctrlp_use_caching = 0
else
let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = '\.git$\|\.hg$\|\.svn$'
let…
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zstd: error 70 : Write error : Broken pipe (cannot write decoded block)
I'm trying through Windows terminal to decompress a large number of compressed files with zstd v1.4.0 and then 'ag' search over :
zstd -dc -r . | ag -z -i "term"
It gives me the following error while proceeding :
zstd: error 70 : Write error :…
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How do I use ack or ag within vim with Unite.vim?
I have found a lot of pages with config examples such as:
let g:unite_source_grep_command = 'ag'
let g:unite_source_grep_default_opts =
\ '--line-numbers --nocolor --nogroup --hidden --ignore '
let g:unite_source_grep_recursive_opt = ''
or
" Use…
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