Associating extend extension with ack filetype

[V S]

Hi Forum

I am looking to associate an extended extension with a filetype in ack as -

--type-set=rtljinja=v.jj,sv.jj

Notice my extensions have two dot separated fields as -

v.jj and sv.jj

This does not seem to work.

Is this not supported in ack?

Thanks

[Andy Lester]

Notice my extensions have two dot separated fields as -

v.jj and sv.jj

This does not seem to work.

Is this not supported in ack?

Not as extensions.  Ack only sees the last .whatever as the extension.  You’ll have to use a different way of specifying it, by using the “match” type and specifying a regex to match against the filename.

--type-set=rtljinja:match:[.]v[.]jj$

--type-set=rtljinja:match:[.]sv[.]jj$

Or you can combine those two regexes together: 

--type-set=rtljinja:match:[.]s?v[.]jj$

To see more examples, run “ack —dump” which shows you all the specs for the defaults that ack ships with.

Andy

[V S]

Thanks Andy,

Tried your solution ..

Use of uninitialized value $ext in split at /org/seg/tools/eda/freeware/ack/1.96/ack line 1533.

Error in option spec: "rtljinja:match:[.]v[.]jj$!"

[Andy Lester]

Use of uninitialized value $ext in split at /org/seg/tools/eda/freeware/ack/1.96/ack line 1533.

Error in option spec: "rtljinja:match:[.]v[.]jj$!”

You’ll need a newer version of ack.  Your version of ack is over a decade old. The latest is 3.5.0.  You can get it from https://beyondgrep.com/

Andy