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Why is it called ack if its called ack-grep?

April 26, 2017ack called

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Why is it called ack if its called ack-grep?

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The name of the program is “ack”. Some packagers have called it “ack-grep” when creating packages because there’s already a package out there called “ack” that has nothing to do with this ack. I suggest you make a symlink named ack that points to ack-grep because one of the crucial benefits of ack is having a name that’s so short and simple to type.