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in reply to Re^7: Top 10 reasons to start using ack
in thread Top 10 reasons to start using ack

At this point, the big reason not to add the feature is that only one person has asked for it.

xoxo,
Andy

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Re^9: Top 10 reasons to start using ack
by holli (Abbot) on Nov 30, 2006 at 08:47 UTC
    /me asks for it too.


    holli, /regexed monk/
Re^9: Top 10 reasons to start using ack
by Ovid (Cardinal) on Nov 30, 2006 at 13:44 UTC
Re^9: Top 10 reasons to start using ack
by diotalevi (Canon) on Nov 30, 2006 at 05:52 UTC

    That's fine. Let me add it then.

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      It's not a matter of the time to add the code. It's a matter of maintaining the code. All code has a cost associated with it.

      xoxo,
      Andy

        Ok, well I find this feature useful enough to either never use ack and maintain my own separate ack-alike or maybe just fork ack. My two use-cases are looking inside logs and inside distributions which might contain source code.

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Re^9: Top 10 reasons to start using ack
by MidLifeXis (Monsignor) on Nov 30, 2006 at 18:05 UTC

    votes++

    --MidLifeXis