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.
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Is there a better way to grep than using these four commands thrown together?
Essentially what I'm trying to do is parse through some files on my system and pull out a few different things from each file. Here is how I'm currently doing this:
grep -oP "((?<=set_kb_item\(name:)(.*?)(?=, value:))" *.nasl >>…
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Can't find a result with The Silver Searcher at a certain depth
I'm getting some odd behaviour with The Silver Searcher that I just discovered when looking for a line in my code base. In the root folder, I call
% ag branding_black_with_bundles
% ag --depth -1 branding_black_with_bundles
and get nothing.…
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NERDTree with AG.vim after "e" cursor goes to NERDTree - vim
I have NERDTree opened on the default left side, and some vim file on the right side. After I do search with Ag like :Ag! "echo" I get results in the quickfix window. I chose one of the results and by pressing "e" it opens it to the right side and…
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ag without PATH parameter vs. ag with PATH parameter
If I call ag "SomeTest" ~/foo I get no result, while cd ~/foo; ag "SomeTest" lists the expected result. How comes?
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Using Ag ("The Silver Searcher") to find hex codes
I used to use find command for linux to find hex code in php code as the following:
find "/www_root/myfile" -type f -name "*.php" | xargs grep -il x29
The above command works like a charm, but I may need a faster searcher as my files are keep…
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How to append the output of a function in a normal mapping command
I have this mapping in vim
map f :Ag --ignore node_modules
I would like to append the result of the 'getcwd()' at the end of the command.
Something like (not working, but gives the idea):
map f :Ag --ignore node_modules :call getcwd()
So the…
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Error when pattern search in netrw
When I do :Explore //** searchingforthis I get this error:
E132: Function call depth is higher than 'maxfuncdepth'
Anyone knows why? Btw, //** do a grep in the netrw dir and let you step through the files where the pattern were found.
I'm using ag…
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Regex for optional parts of string
How can I match all four variants shown below with one regular expression?
ABC
ABC_DEF
ABC_DEF_GHI
ABC_DEF_GHI_JKL
ABC, DEF, GHI, JKL do not represent number of characters.
I've tried something like this (only for second option) but no luck:…
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silver searcher fail for certain files
I'm having trouble recently using silver searcher.
There are 2 files in a directory containing same content:
A.cpp:
This is a cpp file
B.cpp:
This is a cpp file
However, $ ag cpp returns the result of B.cpp, not that of A.cpp:
B.cpp
1:This is a…
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File searching and proximity search
I've been looking at grep a file, but show several surrounding lines?
I'm using a bash terminal, looking for a file which
Has both path and redirect on any one line
Has flash on a nearby line, within five lines from the first
In this possible with…
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