ack
E427870
ack is a command-line search tool for programmers that improves on grep with language-aware searching, sensible defaults, and features tailored for codebases.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ack canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4275221 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ack Context triple: [ripgrep, inspiredBy, ack]
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A.
ACK
ACK is the three-letter IATA airport code for Nantucket Memorial Airport, which serves Nantucket Island in Massachusetts, USA.
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B.
ar
ar is a Unix utility for creating, modifying, and extracting from archive files, commonly used to build and manage static libraries.
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C.
Kick
Kick was the affectionate nickname of Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, the socially prominent and charismatic sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
Kick
Kick is a live-streaming platform focused on gaming and creator-friendly revenue sharing, positioned as an alternative to Twitch.
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E.
Sac
Sac is an alternative name for the Sauk, a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ack Target entity description: ack is a command-line search tool for programmers that improves on grep with language-aware searching, sensible defaults, and features tailored for codebases.
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A.
ACK
ACK is the three-letter IATA airport code for Nantucket Memorial Airport, which serves Nantucket Island in Massachusetts, USA.
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B.
ar
ar is a Unix utility for creating, modifying, and extracting from archive files, commonly used to build and manage static libraries.
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C.
Kick
Kick was the affectionate nickname of Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish, the socially prominent and charismatic sister of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
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D.
Kick
Kick is a live-streaming platform focused on gaming and creator-friendly revenue sharing, positioned as an alternative to Twitch.
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E.
Sac
Sac is an alternative name for the Sauk, a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region of North America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command-line search tool
ⓘ
grep-like tool ⓘ software utility ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | ack-grep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Unix text processing utilities
ⓘ
search software ⓘ |
| commandName | ack ⓘ |
| defaultBehavior |
searches only text files
ⓘ
skips binary files ⓘ skips common build artifacts ⓘ |
| designGoal |
be a better grep for programmers
ⓘ
optimize for searching large codebases ⓘ reduce need for command-line options ⓘ |
| developer | Andy Lester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | CPAN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
Perl-compatible regular expressions
ⓘ
colorized output ⓘ context line display ⓘ file type filters ⓘ ignores backup files by default ⓘ ignores version control directories by default ⓘ integration with editors and IDEs ⓘ language-aware searching ⓘ recursive directory search ⓘ search by file extension ⓘ search by programming language ⓘ sensible defaults ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
ack 2.x
ⓘ
ack 3.x NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | grep NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| license | Artistic License 2.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
searching source code
ⓘ
searching text files ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Perl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseModel | open source ⓘ |
| supports |
Perl regular expressions syntax
ⓘ
piping and shell integration ⓘ searching standard input ⓘ |
| typicalUsers |
software developers
ⓘ
system administrators ⓘ |
| website | https://beyondgrep.com/ ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Perl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ack Description of subject: ack is a command-line search tool for programmers that improves on grep with language-aware searching, sensible defaults, and features tailored for codebases.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.