Find and Edit File

mail@tahirhashmi.com (Tahir Hashmi) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:28:09 +0000

While working on a huge code-base with several thousand source files, it becomes difficult to remember where each file is. If you use conventions like one file per class, you can at least figure out the file name. E.g. the definition of class Foo would be found in Foo.class.xx or something like that.

Thankfully, ack makes it easy to find the location files in a project. Just say, ack -g Foo.class and voila! it tells you to dig in modules/frob/model/include/Foo.class.xx or whatever abominable directory hierarchy it may be embedded in. So when you decide to kill that error at line 324 of class Foo, all you need to do is:

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Find and Edit File