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How to let ack support more filetypes?

in ack's home page, there lists a lot of file type, but without aspx, is it possible to let ack support it?

Solution

  • On window,add .ackrc file under C:\Documents and Settings\yourname,with content

    --type-set=aspx=.aspx

    you can set a type to multi file extension,seperate by ","

    --type-set=aspx=.aspx,.ascx
    Note

    ack syntax and behaviour has changed significantly with version 2. The equivalent of the above in version 2 would be:

    --type-set=aspx:ext:aspx,ascx

    Where the syntax is --type-set TYPE:FILTER:FILTERARGS and FILTER can be any of ext, is, match, firstlinematch. You should definitely read the man page for detailed explanation.

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