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ctags

List of commands for ctags:

- ctags
ctags:tldr:0baff ctags: Generate tags for a single file, and output them with start line number and end line number in JSON format.

$ ctags --fields=+ne --output-format=json ${filename}

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ctags:tldr:3e170 ctags: Generate tags for a single file, and output them to a file named "tags" in the current directory, overwriting the file if it exists.

$ ctags ${filename}

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ctags:tldr:a8eae ctags: Generate tags for all files in the current directory, and output them to a specific file, overwriting the file if it exists.

$ ctags -f ${filename} *

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ctags:tldr:f767b ctags: Generate tags for all files in the current directory and all subdirectories.

$ ctags --recurse

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