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the_silver_searcher: the_silver_searcher (grep-like text search, but faster)
the_silver_searcher:
the_silver_searcher: Ag is a code searching tool similar to grep and ack, but with a focus 
the_silver_searcher: on speed.
the_silver_searcher:
the_silver_searcher: Ag searches code about 3-5x faster than ack. It ignores file patterns 
the_silver_searcher: from your .gitignore and .hgignore. If there are files in your source 
the_silver_searcher: repo you don't want to search, just add their patterns to a .agignore 
the_silver_searcher: file. The command name is 33% shorter than ack!
the_silver_searcher:
the_silver_searcher: