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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ag search results has corrupted messages in emacs
Recently my ag search results have started returning corrupted results like this:
[[?25h^[[0G^[[?25h^[[0Gapp/config/development.coffee:49:33:#
I am unsure as to why this has suddenly started happening.
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Grep/Ack expression with parenthese and semicolon
I'm using vim Ag.vim from Silver Searcher. I would like to search let(:application in my project.
If I do :Ag "let(:application" app/ I get
|| ERR: Bad regex! pcre_compile() failed at position 16: missing )
|| If you meant to search for a literal…
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How to search from the root of project - Ag / VIM
I did add let g:ag_working_path_mode="r" to my .vimrc but it doesn't work when I tried to search for example :Ag! jquery in /vagrant/my_prj/app/Controller/MyController.php [Git(master)] and I get No matches for "jquery"
But if searched :Ag! jquery…
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Emacs `shell` and `eshell` on Windows
I have some of the console commands I would like to use from Emacs, namely ag. It works great in CMD or Far Manager. However when I use it from Emacs shell or eshell I run into a problem which may be (slight chance, though) ag-specific.
When I run…
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Vim, Ag and Quickfix window, limit output width and height
Is there a way to limit :Ag output so it always takes one line and doesn't blow up the quickfix window?
At the moment it looks like this and it's awful. I can't see filenames, everything is super slow and just sucks:
Update For the record, I…
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How do I let silver searcher ignore certain sub-directories?
How do I let silver searcher ignore certian sub-directories, in my case I want ag to search md format only and ignore all the node_modules directories, I tried what here silver searcher ignore multiple directories said, but it did not work.
ag --md…
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ag (the silver searcher) does not automatically search recursively
When performing ag pattern it only searches in the files in the current directory, even when providing --depth NUM>1. Performing ag pattern ./** looks in all subdirectories as well. I am currently using the :Ag command with fzf-vim which also only…
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ag (the_silver_searcher) definition of hidden dir and including hidden dirs in search path
The man does not define 'hidden' and 'ignored'. This probably means the 'hidden' is a file starting with a dot and 'ignored' is an entry in related ignore lists (.gitignore and .ignore).
However it is not clear if 'hidden' also includes hidden dirs.…
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Silver Searcher: How can I only return results in folders matching a pattern?
My file structure is like this:
A
G (want to ignore)
H (want to ignore)
X (contains files I want to search)
B
G (want to ignore)
H (want to ignore)
X (contains files I want to search)
C (want to ignore)
X (contains files I want to…
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How to know which Column is selected for Sort in Ag-Grid in Angular and is Acending or Decending
How to know which Column is selected for Sort in Ag-Grid in Angular and is Acending or Decending
Html
ts
import {Component} from…
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FZF - Search the target folder
I've been using fzf for a while now and finding it really great, however there is one thing I want it to do but I don't think I'm Googling the correct words.
I use it with neovim on a zsh terminal and what I want to do is for it to search only the…
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ag grid angular 9 model problem .. it doesn't recognize in app model
I'm using angular 9. i created a new project ..
i tried to import Ag-grid package .. but for some reason it doesn't recognize ag-grid ..
i installed it properly - because i can see it in the import of the model ...
my code :
/*Modules*/
import {…
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sed - Search and replace always puts capture group at the end
I'm refactoring some code across lots of files, and am trying to do a search and replace using sed on a Mac.
The goal is to go from this:
fooActions: typeof fooActionCreators
to this:
fooActions: Partial
I've gotten it to…
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Find and replace text in files with the silver searcher and sed
Heck I just can't remember ... I recently had a cool way to use ag with sed to do find and replace. The gist was simple, something like:
ag foo -l | ... magic here ... sed 's/foo/bar/g'
That doesn't work, but you might just know what does.…
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Why does silver searcher not find Java files w/out -t flag?
Java files are listed in the known file types (using ag --list-file-types) but aren't aren't returned in the ag search results below unless I use the -t flag (-a and -U also return Java files in the results). Is this expected behavior? I have…
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