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Re:Ack is designed as a replacement for 99% of the uses of grep by mbel on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @04:59AM (#10893294)
The name is one letter shorter. Here are some other advantages listed: http://beyondgrep.com/why-ack/
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Re:Ack is designed as a replacement for 99% of the uses of grep by datalist on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:05AM (#10893313)
Thanks, though I hope that statement came with a pinch of sarcasm ;)

The list reads more like a list of features though than "advantages over grep".

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Re:Ack is designed as a replacement for 99% of the uses of grep by Kurtz79 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @05:13AM (#10893345)
About the command name length, probably a running joke ?

This is from the feature list of the Silver Searcher, listed above:

"The command name is 33% shorter than ack, and all keys are on the home row!"

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