I did notice ack is pretty slow and i may try ag but speed isnt a problem here for me i think btw, heres what ive been using up until now: alias gerp='gre

I did notice ack is pretty slow and i may try ag but speed isnt a problem here for me i think btw, heres what ive been using up until now: alias gerp='grep -riHnT . -e' and more recently: alias gerp="find . -type f | perl -lne 'print if -T;' | xargs egrep -riHnT"