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ag — The Silver Searcher. Like `ack`, but aims to be faster. More information: <https://manned.org/ag>.

Submitted by: @import:tldr-pages·Mar 2, 2026·

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Problem

How to use the ag command: The Silver Searcher. Like ack, but aims to be faster. More information: <https://manned.org/ag>.

Solution

ag — The Silver Searcher. Like ack, but aims to be faster. More information: <https://manned.org/ag>.

Find files containing string, and print the line matches in context:

ag string

Find files containing string in a specific directory:

ag string {{path/to/directory}}

Find files containing string, but only list the filenames:

ag {{[-l|--files-with-matches]}} string

Find files containing STRING case-insensitively, and print only the match, rather than the whole line:

ag {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} {{[-o|--only-matching]}} STRING

Find string in files with a name matching file_name:

ag string {{[-G|--file-search-regex]}} file_name

Find files whose contents match a regex:

ag '{{^ca(t|r)$}}'

Find files with a name matching string:

ag {{[-g|--filename-pattern]}} string

Code Snippets

Find files containing `string`, and print the line matches in context

ag string

Find files containing `string` in a specific directory

ag string {{path/to/directory}}

Find files containing `string`, but only list the filenames

ag {{[-l|--files-with-matches]}} string

Find files containing `STRING` case-insensitively, and print only the match, rather than the whole line

ag {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} {{[-o|--only-matching]}} STRING

Find `string` in files with a name matching `file_name`

ag string {{[-G|--file-search-regex]}} file_name

Context

tldr-pages: common/ag

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