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==Tools== | ==Tools== | ||
I found a really great search tool called [http://betterthangrep.com/ ack]. It's bascically grep but better. It automatically | I found a really great search tool called [http://betterthangrep.com/ ack]. It's bascically grep but better. It automatically searches directories and knows about source files (which it looks through), and source repository files (which it ignores). | ||
I normally install the standalone version | I normally install the standalone version (the command below assume you have a <tt>~/bin</tt> directory) | ||
<pre>curl http://betterthangrep.com/ack-standalone > ~/bin/ack && chmod 0755 !#:3</pre> | <pre>curl http://betterthangrep.com/ack-standalone > ~/bin/ack && chmod 0755 !#:3</pre> | ||
You can use the ACK_OPTIONS environment variable to make ack automatically search idl and ipdl files: | You can use the <tt>ACK_OPTIONS</tt> environment variable to make ack automatically search idl and ipdl files: | ||
<pre>export ACK_OPTIONS="--type-set idl=.idl --type-set ipdl=.ipdl"</pre> | <pre>export ACK_OPTIONS="--type-set idl=.idl --type-set ipdl=.ipdl"</pre> | ||