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The Silver Searcher is a tool for searching code. It started off as a clone of Ack, but their feature sets have since diverged slightly. In typical usage, Ag is 5-10x faster than Ack.
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Pros
Pro No need to manage another config file or learn a new config syntax
Everything is managed with command line args, meaning you can store commonly used options through .bashrc
aliases, bash scripts, and/or autocompletion. There is no config file format to learn or extra dotfiles to manage.
Cons
Con Only built-in types
Only supports file types (file extensions) which are baked into the program. It does this silently, producing unexpected results if the user isn't aware. Moreover, man page for Ag does not tell this explicitly in the description (you need to look into options). Adding one requires a pull request on GitHub.
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