ack3
ack is a grep-like search tool optimized for source code. (by beyondgrep)
fzf.vim
fzf :heart: vim (by junegunn)
| ack3 | fzf.vim | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 157 | |
| 673 | 9,418 | |
| 1.0% | - | |
| 4.3 | 6.6 | |
| 2 months ago | 10 days ago | |
| Perl | Vim Script | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ack3
Posts with mentions or reviews of ack3.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-18.
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Any Linux admins willing to try Pygrep?
fyi ack is like this but for perl instead of python https://beyondgrep.com/
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Vim: ZZ and zz: Do you know the difference?
If you just need a single shell command you can do :!. Example:
:!ack "stupid_structure->who_wrote_this_crap.oooohhhhh\s+="
(and if you wonder what "ack" means: https://beyondgrep.com/)
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Share your little shell functions and one-liners that make your life easier
Ack is consistent with grep but will sensibly handle the recursive stuff for you.
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Found malware in the source code for my company’s website
Scan the file tree containing the website for the links, or part of tje links, for example with ack which is an easy to use, recursive reimplementation of grep.
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What is something you want to make, but python is too slow for it?
I've thought about redoing ack in Python but it wasn't any faster than the current Perl.
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I made grep -- but better
Ever hear of ack it might be a faster alternative.
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Ask HN: Can I see your scripts?
No, but thanks for pointing out its existence. Homepage:
https://beyondgrep.com/
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Can't run freeze_graph python script, No module named 'tensorflow.python'
(ack comes from ack-grep, a better version of grep, but you can just replace it with grep -r)
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Using Ack To Search Elixir Code
I've been a fan of ack for quite some time. Somehow (and I'm not quite sure how) once or twice it's found stuff in source code that VSCode simply misses (likely I was searching wrong with VSCode). And there are a few things I've found that make it even more effective in searching Elixir code that I thought I'd share.
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ripgrep: grep but better
Very much agreed. I'm a developer and I honestly prefer ack (https://beyondgrep.com/) myself. But it has the exact same issue. It's not standard.
fzf.vim
Posts with mentions or reviews of fzf.vim.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-04.
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What are some plugins that you can't live without?
Fuzzy Finder: fzf.vim (for its speed) along with telescope.nvim (for its ecosystem)
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Ripgrep is faster than {grep, ag, Git grep, ucg, pt, sift}
https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim
And added my keyboard shortcuts.
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A Practical Guide to fzf: Vim Integration
There are two plugins allowing us to use fzf in Vim: the native fzf plugin directly installed with fzf, and fzf.vim. The second plugin is built on the first one.
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LazyVim
You might be interested in installing the fzf-vim plugin [0]. It has a user-defined command :Maps which can be used to search through all keybindings (you can also do this with just :nmap in vim, but the fzf interface is much nicer). It also provides :Commands. This behaves remarkably like VSCode's command palette.
[0] https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim
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Manual page in vim with fuzzy search with preview, documentation with cherry on top.
You'll also need https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim (which is imo the only vim plugin that's a must).
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I use the default file browser in vim (netrw). I know there are plugins that a lot of people like. Should I switch?
I do all my file operations from the command line. But to open and search files I use fzf
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How to use popup and fuzzy in vim9
Regarding plugins , I am using https://github.com/Donaldttt/fuzzyy because it works in windows, unlike https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim
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Alternative to harpoon for vim to quickly navigate few files/buffers
There's a :Buffers command in fzf.vim that I use extensively. It opens a fuzzy-find window with all open buffers in a MRU list.
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fzfx.vim: E(x)tended fzf commands missing in fzf.vim
Thanks to fzf.vim and fzf-lua, everything I learned and copied is from them.
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jfind: over 130x faster than telescope + telescope-fzf-native
they're likely referring to fzf.vim, the vimscript plugin from the original fzf author that wraps around fzf. there's also fzf-lua nowadays.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ack3 and fzf.vim you can also consider the following projects:
ripgrep - ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore
telescope.nvim - Find, Filter, Preview, Pick. All lua, all the time.
the_silver_searcher - A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.
ctrlp.vim - Fuzzy file, buffer, mru, tag, etc finder.
net-amqp-rabbitmq - Perl bindings to the librabbitmq-c AMQP library.
nerdtree - A tree explorer plugin for vim.
website - The source code for the beyondgrep.com website
fzf-lua - Improved fzf.vim written in lua
ttygif - Convert terminal recordings to animated gifs
harpoon
autobots - ⚡️ Scripts & dotfiles for automation and/or bootstrapping new system setup
nvim-tree.lua - A file explorer tree for neovim written in lua