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ag: Find files containing "foo", but only list the filenames.
$ ag -l ${foo}
try on your machine
This command is using the ag
command-line tool to search for a specific string or pattern in files.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
ag
is the command to invoke theag
(The Silver Searcher) tool. It is an alternative to the commonly usedgrep
command, but optimized for faster searches.-l
is an option forag
which stands for "list files matching the pattern." It tellsag
to only display the names of the files that contain the specified string or pattern.${foo}
is a variable enclosed in curly braces${}
. The value of the variablefoo
will be substituted in place of${foo}
. This assumes thatfoo
is a shell variable defined elsewhere in the script or environment.
So if you run this command in a shell, it will search for the value stored in the variable foo
within files and print the names of the files that contain that value or pattern.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.