eack

If you're a developer who uses Emacs as your primary text editor, then you'll appreciate eack. It's a small utility that enables you to run ack, a powerful grep-like tool that utilizes Perl's regular expressions, in Emacs.

One of the benefits of ack is its ability to perform recursive searches with smart file filtering. However, using ack within Emacs can be a bit cumbersome. That's where eack comes in. This tool acts as a simple wrapper and enhances the functionality of ack under Emacs's grep mode.

With eack, you can add the --nocolor and --nogroup arguments to your searches, which can help to reduce clutter and provide a more streamlined experience. Additionally, eack strips off the reference to /dev/null that Emacs has a habit of appending, further improving the usability of ack.

Overall, if you use Emacs and depend on ack for efficient searching, then eack is a tool worth incorporating into your workflow. Its simple yet effective modifications make ack much more user-friendly under Emacs, allowing you to maximize your productivity and stay focused on your coding tasks.