How to make ack include .conf files?

Question

How to configure ack (sometimes distributed as ack-grep) to always include .conf files into search?

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '11 at 15:29

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Add the following to your .ackrc file:

--type-set=conf=.conf

Personally, I have one line in my .ackrc, which tells it to search all files:

-a

answered Mar 09 '11 at 15:29

Adam Batkin

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If you're using -a, then you might as well be using grep. – Andy Lester Apr 05 '11 at 20:10
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@Andy `-a` still skips certain (almost always unwanted) directories and a few file types. And I still find ack's default output mode to be more pleasing than grep – Adam Batkin Apr 06 '11 at 12:03
Nowadays I always type ack-grep -ai because I have too many servers to configure :) – Henno Mar 19 '12 at 21:22

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