the_silver_searcher

Also known as: ag

Code-search similar to ack

Current versions:

stable	✅	2.1.0
head	⚡️	HEAD
bottle	🍾	high_sierra, sierra, el_capitan, yosemite

Options:

--without-xz

Build without xz support

Depends on:

✅

8.42

Perl compatible regular expressions library

Depends on recommended:

✅

5.2.4

General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio

Depends on when building from source:

autoconf	✅	2.69	Automatic configure script builder
automake	✅	1.16.1	Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles
pkg-config	✅	0.29.2	Manage compile and link flags for libraries

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