ack

ack is a full blown text search engine written in Perl, but packed with features that make it ideal for searching code repositories.

Works similarly to *NIX's grep tool.

What is new in this release:

• ack now ignores JavaScript and CSS source maps.
• ack now ships with customized shell completion scripts for bash and zsh.

What is new in version 2.15_01:

• ack now ignores JavaScript and CSS source maps.
• ack now ships with customized shell completion scripts for bash and zsh.

What is new in version 2.13_06:

• More fixes for Windows tests.

What is new in version 2.13_03:

• More build fixes for Windows.
• Now ignores Cabal (Haskell) sandboxes.
• Added filetypes for Jade, Smarty and Stylus.

What is new in version 2.10:

• Added --perltest for *.t files.
• Added Matlab support.

What is new in version 2.09_01:

• Fixed the test suite for Win32.

What is new in version 2.08:

• Added shebang matching for --lua files.
• Added documentation for --ackrc.
• Added Elixir filetype.
• Added --cathy option.

What is new in version 2.04:

• The --shell file type now recognizes the fish shell.

What is new in version 2.02:

• The firstlinematch file type detection option now only searches the first 250 characters of the first line of the file.
• Many clarifications and cleanups.