yack

Yack. Ack for Objective-C developers.

Yack is a super-set of ack, the popular grep-replacement tool maintained by Andy Lester. It introduces new functionality designed to improve the workflow of Objective-C developers everywhere.

Installation

git clone git@github.com:gsheld/yack.git # clone repository
ln -s yack/yack.sh /usr/local/bin/yack # sym-link yack to bin

Usage

1. Search for Objective-C Selector

yack --sel "setObject:forKey:" # example of a well-formed selector
yack --sel "(void)fooBar:(NSString *)string baz:(NSInteger)integer;" # method signature

2. Search Imports for Occurence of a String

Yack will search both the header and implementation files for each import of the specified file.

yack -j "foo" ./YCKSomeObjCFile.m
yack --imports "bar" ./YCKSomeOtherObjCFile.h

3. Use it Like Ack

yack -i --ignore-dir=tmp/ "foo bar"
yack -o -Q "foo\s?bar"

4. Mix 'n Match (experimental)

yack -Q --imports "bar" ./YCKSomeOtherObjCFile.h
yack -i -l --sel "(void)fooBar:(NSString *)string baz:(NSInteger)integer;"

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-yack-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-yack-feature
5. Submit a pull request!