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Flov
Flov

Reputation: 1587

Vim Ack, Ag: Search in directory of file that you are editing in

I want to be able to search files that only reside in the directory of the file that I opened inside vim.

The documentary of Ack says:

:Ack[!] [options] {pattern n} [{directory}]                               *:Ack*

Search recursively in {directory} (which defaults to the current
directory) for the {pattern}.  Behaves just like the |:grep| command, but
will open the |Quickfix| window for you. If [!] is not given the first
occurrence is jumped to.

On VimFandom I found that I could get the current directory of the file with echo expand('%:p:h') but how could I get this to evaluate in the Ack command?

I'd need something like this:

:Ack searchpattern expand('%:p:h')

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2098

Answers (4)

Xopi García
Xopi García

Reputation: 386

If directory has no further children (otherwise is recursive search):

nnoremap <leader>f <Esc>:cd %:p:h<CR><Esc>:Ag<CR>

Where,

  • :cd %:p:h changes directory to the location of current file
  • :Ag<CR> directly goes to the interactive search window if you have fzf-vim

By "interactive search" I mean customizing your search pattern dynamically (try wildcard, test if adding more keywords, ...)

On the other hand, if you don't need the interactive search, you are sure what you look for, then:

nnoremap <leader>f <Esc>:cd %:p:h<CR><Esc>:Ag<Space>

Upvotes: 1

D. Ben Knoble
D. Ben Knoble

Reputation: 4673

I have a little mapping for cases like this: %% inserts the directory of the current file.

cnoremap <expr> %% filename#command_dir('%%')

And the function definition:

function filename#command_dir(keymap) abort
  if getcmdtype() isnot# ':'
    return a:keymap
  endif
  let l:dir = expand('%:h')
  return empty(l:dir) ? '.' : (dir.'/')
endfunction

Upvotes: 0

phd
phd

Reputation: 94483

Use :exe[cute]:

:exe 'Ack searchpattern ' . expand('%:p:h')

. (dot) means string concatenation.

Upvotes: 0

Peter Rincker
Peter Rincker

Reputation: 45117

The expression register, "=, will let you evaluate an expression and put/paste the output. Using <c-r> on the command-line will insert content from a register.

:Ack pat <c-r>=expand('%:p:h')<cr>

For more help see:

:h "=
:h i_CTRL-R

Using :grep instead of :Ack

You can set 'grepprg' to use the silver searcher or other grep-like tool, e.g. ripgrep.

set grepprg=ag\ --vimgrep\ $*
set grepformat=%f:%l:%c:%m

:grep understands % and :h as parameters. This means you can do:

:grep pat %:h

For more help see:

:h 'grepprg'
:h :grep

Upvotes: 2

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