Use –type for this. To only search python files for example: ack –type=python searchthis List all the supported types with ack –help=types # ack 2.x ack –help-types # ack 3.x.x If you want to create a custom type, add something like this to ~/.ackrc: –type-add=custom:ext:rb –type-set Then you can use –type=custom with ack to just … Read more
Now that ack 2.0 is available: –ignore-file=ext:orig , either on command line or .ackrc. It is possible to ignore files by name. To ignore ctags generated files: –ignore-file=is:tags Filters for different uses can be found on documentation.
It’s actually similar to how you would specify the include patterns for grep: ack <term> –ignore-dir={dir_a,dir_b} However, This format does not work with a single directory. So ack <term> –ignore-dir={log} will not work.
On window,add .ackrc file under C:\Documents and Settings\yourname,with content –type-set=aspx=.aspx you can set a type to multi file extension,seperate by “,” –type-set=aspx=.aspx,.ascx Note ack syntax and behaviour has changed significantly with version 2. The equivalent of the above in version 2 would be: –type-set=aspx:ext:aspx,ascx Where the syntax is –type-set TYPE:FILTER:FILTERARGS and FILTER can be any … Read more
The older versions of ack can only take the folder name, not the folder path. As of version 1.93_02, they’ve added this ability in: 1.93_02 Wed Oct 6 21:39:58 CDT 2010 [ENHANCEMENTS] The –ignore-dir option now can ignore entire paths relative to your current directory. Thanks to Nick Hooey. For example: ack –ignore-dir=t/subsystem/test-data (From betterthangrep.com/Changes) … Read more
To ignore a single file using ack 2.0, provide a filter spec to the –ignore-file flag: –ignore-file=is:cljout.js
Adding another line –ignore-dir=save.d did the trick