@ttyS1: I also use "#ack" (or "#ag") occasionally.
But often it's too slow and less well integrated (like e.g. into #zutils or "#xzgrep"). Especially when I have to search through log files.
And for code bases, I usually use "#git #grep" which does keep out the uninteresting files as well, although in a completely other way.
One thing I though love about "ack" is its "--passthru" (yes, without "o" and "gh") option to highlight all occurrences of a pattern inside a text or directory.
Cc @cks
#zutils are compressed data handlers.
zutils is a collection of simple tools that transparently handle a mix of uncompressed and compressed data in a number of formats. zutils includes zcat (for decompression), zdiff, zgrep, and ztest (for integrity checks). zutils handles #gzip, #bzip2, #xz, and #lzip in any combination.
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