# ack is a tool like grep, designed for programmers with large trees of heterogeneous source code # - to install ack, see http://betterthangrep.com/ # - to use ack, launch terminal (mac osx) and type 'ack ' # - ack will search all files in the current directory & sub-directories # Sort the found files lexically. --sort-files # Highlight the matching text --color # Ignore case distinctions in PATTERN, only if PATTERN contains no upper case. --smart-case # Follow symlinks --follow # Print a filename heading above each file's results. --group # ignore directorys --ignore-dir=.idea/ #make sure ack knows how to search common filetypes used in rails projects --type-add=css=.sass,.less,.scss --type-add=html=.html,.htm --type-set=coffeescript=.coffee --type-set=coffee=.coffee #make sure ack knows how to search common filetypes used in node.js projects --ignore-dir=node_modules --type-set=coffee=.coffee --type-set=jade=.jade --type-set=feature=.feature --type-set=json=.json