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Re:Ack is a grep-like tool, optimised for programmers by petdance on Wednesday May 07, 2014 @10:43AM (#7710400)
ag is not "exactly like" ack. There are features that ack has that ag has chosen not to replicate. ack is also more portable.

That's not a knock on ag at all, and if ag fits your needs, then by all means use it.

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