Re^2: ack 2.0 has been released

I've been experimenting by setting a shell alias "grep" to point to ack 2.0.

I suggest that you not do that. ack and grep are different tools. ack is not a replacement for grep. If you need to use grep, then use grep. If you need to use ack, then use ack.

xoxo,
Andy

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Re^3: ack 2.0 has been released by tobyink (Canon) on May 01, 2013 at 06:55 UTC
That's precisely why I set up the alias. For years, when I've needed to use something like ack, I've typed "`grep`" (muscle memory). The alias ensures that now, when I need to use ack, I get ack. It's not like I've deleted `/bin/grep` and installed a symlink to `ack`; other users, shell scripts, etc, can still use the real `grep`. `package Cow { use Moo; has name => (is => 'lazy', default => sub { 'Mooington' }) } say Cow->new->name`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: ack 2.0 has been released
by tobyink (Canon) on May 01, 2013 at 06:55 UTC

That's precisely why I set up the alias. For years, when I've needed to use something like ack, I've typed "grep" (muscle memory). The alias ensures that now, when I need to use ack, I get ack.

It's not like I've deleted /bin/grep and installed a symlink to ack; other users, shell scripts, etc, can still use the real grep.

package Cow { use Moo; has name => (is => 'lazy', default => sub { 'Mooington' }) } say Cow->new->name

[reply]
[d/l]
[select]