ack is much nicer than find+grep in the simple cases. Also, defaulting to ignore .svn, .git, et al is fantastic. The --type feature is fun, and really makes it

ack is much nicer than find+grep in the simple cases. Also, defaulting to ignore .svn, .git, et al is fantastic. The --type feature is fun, and really makes it a great tool from within vim. On the other end, find + grep is absurdly powerful, making -r look puny in comparison.