Use ack instead of grep to parse text files

Re:Use ack instead of grep to parse text files by grabastic on Monday December 24, 2012 @05:00PM (#4964252)

I'd say start with ack for its ease of use, but knowing grep is important. I prefer ack but most of the boxes i work on don't have ack installed (and won't).

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Re:Use ack instead of grep to parse text files by grabastic on Monday December 24, 2012 @05:02PM (#4964258)

Also, these aren't particularly good examples of ack vs grep... as others have pointed out.

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