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ctags — Generate an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files for many popular programmi

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Problem

How to use the ctags command: Generate an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files for many popular programming languages. More information: <https://docs.ctags.io/en/latest/man/ctags.1.html>.

Solution

ctags — Generate an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files for many popular programming languages. More information: <https://docs.ctags.io/en/latest/man/ctags.1.html>.

Generate tags for a single file and output them to a file named "tags" in the current directory, overwriting the file if it exists:
ctags {{path/to/file}}


Generate tags for all files in the current directory and output them to a specific file, overwriting the file if it exists:
ctags -f {{path/to/file}} *


Generate tags for all files in the current directory and all subdirectories:
ctags --recurse


Generate tags for a single file and output them with start line number and end line number in JSON format:
ctags --fields=+ne --output-format=json {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Generate tags for a single file and output them to a file named "tags" in the current directory, overwriting the file if it exists

ctags {{path/to/file}}

Generate tags for all files in the current directory and output them to a specific file, overwriting the file if it exists

ctags -f {{path/to/file}} *

Generate tags for all files in the current directory and all subdirectories

ctags --recurse

Generate tags for a single file and output them with start line number and end line number in JSON format

ctags --fields=+ne --output-format=json {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ctags

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