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Explain the display rules #66

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petdance opened this issue May 21, 2012 · 3 comments
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Explain the display rules #66

petdance opened this issue May 21, 2012 · 3 comments
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When does ack print a filename?

When does it print the line number?

When do we print a break between files?

Write up in English what these rules are.
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hoelzro commented Dec 15, 2012

This includes specifying in --man output whether -h or -H is the default.

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I have always wondered when ack prints filenames and line numbers. Having a look at it this one now.

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This issue was moved to beyondgrep/ack3#37

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