How to make ack include .conf files?

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2.1k views Asked by Henno At 03 March 2011 at 11:52

How to configure ack (sometimes distributed as ack-grep) to always include .conf files into search?

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**Adam Batkin** · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-09 15:29:13

Adam Batkin On 09 March 2011 at 15:29 BEST ANSWER

Add the following to your .ackrc file:

--type-set=conf=.conf

Personally, I have one line in my .ackrc, which tells it to search all files:

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