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Ack : specifying a word for searching

My search term is

ack @RequestMapping("/example_path")

and bash is complaining with

-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

How can I search for the above text from bash the easiest way. All my attempts to escape the characters have not brought results.

Solution

  • Try this.

    ack '@RequestMapping\("/example_path"\)'

    Or, as Andy suggested:

    ack -Q '@RequestMapping("/example_path")'