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I always install it by downloading standalone version from http://betterthangrep.com/ http://betterthangrep.com/ There is a command on the homepage you can copy

I always install it by downloading standalone version from http://betterthangrep.com/ http://betterthangrep.com/ There is a command on the homepage you can copy paste to shell and execute. Ack is simply too often used and I don't want to type ack-grep all the time.

pyre 15y ago
"man alias" ?
- sixtofour 15y ago
  <nit> $ man alias No manual entry for alias $ man bash ALIASES Aliases allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as the first word of a simple command. </nit> alias is not a standalone, it's part of the shell (in bash at least).
  - pyre 15y ago
    Sometimes there are aliases for bash built-ins that will take you to the manpage. For me, 'man alias' brings up: BASH_BUILTINS(1) Though, I'm using zsh which may be layering something in there.
  - jewel 15y ago
    Try "help alias"
- selectnull 15y ago
  Alias (though not 'man alias' :) ) could work. But I prefer my way (on server) because I have one thing less to worry about, namely putting 'alias ack=ack-grep' to .bash_aliases. Yeah, it's quick and dirty I guess...
__david__ 15y ago
sudo dpkg-divert --local --divert /usr/bin/ack --rename --add /usr/bin/ack-grep That way you still get the benefits of the packaging system and you don't have to alias or create a /usr/local/bin symlink.