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ag - The Silver Searcher (ag)

Installs ag (The Silver Searcher), a fast grep-like text search tool.

Example Usage

"features": {
    "ghcr.io/jajera/features/ag:1": {}
}

Options

This feature has no configurable options.

Description

The Silver Searcher is a code search tool similar to ack, with a focus on speed. It's faster than ack and grep, and respects .gitignore files.

Key features of ag:

  • Fast text searching
  • Respects .gitignore and .hgignore files
  • Searches specific file types
  • Supports regular expressions
  • Color-coded output
  • Multi-threaded for speed

Supported Platforms

This feature works on:

  • Debian/Ubuntu (via apt-get)
  • RHEL/CentOS/Fedora (via yum/dnf)
  • Alpine Linux (via apk)
  • Arch Linux (via pacman)
  • openSUSE (via zypper)

Installation

The feature automatically detects the platform and uses the appropriate package manager to install ag.

Package Names by Platform

  • Debian/Ubuntu: silversearcher-ag
  • RHEL/CentOS/Fedora: the_silver_searcher
  • Alpine: the_silver_searcher
  • Arch: the_silver_searcher
  • openSUSE: the_silver_searcher

Usage Examples

After installation, you can use ag to search for text:

# Search for a string in current directory
ag "search_term"

# Search only in specific file types
ag "search_term" --go

# Search with regular expressions
ag "function\s+\w+" --python

# Show context lines
ag "search_term" -A 3 -B 3

Documentation

For more information about The Silver Searcher, see: