Can ack read patterns from a file?

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grep can look for a list of patterns written in a file with grep -f patterns_file search_files

Can ack read a list of patterns from a file?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '19 at 13:37

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No it can't, after looking at the features comparison

grep, git-grep and rg can do it.

answered May 28 '19 at 13:37

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