spot
A tiny ack-style file search utility written in Bash that's fast and easy to customize.
What is spot?
Spot is a tiny, Bash-based file search utility that provides ack-style searching with smart features like case sensitivity, wildcard matching, and line abbreviation. It solves the problem of quickly finding text in files without the overhead of more complex tools, using familiar Unix commands under the hood.
Developers and system administrators who work in Unix-like environments and need a fast, customizable command-line search tool that's easy to modify and extend.
Developers choose Spot for its simplicity, speed, and hackability—it's a short Bash script that can be edited directly, offers smart search behaviors out of the box, and avoids bloat by relying on proven Unix utilities.
Overview
Tiny file search utility (bash)
Use Cases
Best For
- Quickly searching source code files in a project directory
- Finding text patterns in files without dealing with complex regex escaping
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