Install silversearcher-ag by entering the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt update sudo apt install silversearcher-ag
Description:
very fast grep-like program, alternative to ack-grep
The Silver Searcher is grep-like program implemented by C. An attempt to make something better than ack-grep. . It searches pattern about 3–5x faster than ack-grep. It ignores file patterns from your .gitignore and .hgignore.
Homepage: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher
Version: 2.1.0-1
Section: universe/utils