ackadd-type

Ack: Using --add-type with v. 2.04

How do I add a new filetype to ack, with version 2.04 (ack-2.04-single-file). I am using the following command (Is there any way to search in filetypes not recognized by ack?), but I receive an error.

$ ack --type-set=input=.i
ack-2.04-single-file: No regular expression found.
Solution

  • Using the following does what I wanted:

    --type-add=input:ext:i

    I found the answer by creating a .ackrc file with:

    ack --create-ackrc