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While ag is fast, I use it because of added features. Specifically the ability to automatically ignore files which are ignored in your project's VCS.

• agentgt 10y ago
  It is also because it is multithreaded (IIRC). There is another one written in Go that is for sure. GNU grep is faster one file (at least the last time I tested).
  • asamarin 10y ago
    You're probably talking about sift https://sift-tool.org/ https://sift-tool.org/