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		tveita on May 7, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ack is a grep-like tool, optimised for programmers I switched to this after Ack 2 removed all options to search through binary files. ag is less picky, and the increased speed is a nice bonus.

pudquick on May 7, 2014 [–]

Binary file search was my primary motivator as well. I really do love the functionality of the tool.

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