Alternative to
grep
Website
https://geoff.greer.fm/ag/
Project page
https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher
Author
Geoff Greer
Language
C

ag

a tool for searching code

A code searching tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed.

ag is a tool for searching code. It started off as a clone of ack, but their feature sets have since diverged slightly. In typical usage, ag is 5-10x faster than ack.