I’m toying around with a new Linux command-line tool called ack. It’s a replacement for the old standard, grep. Possibly the best feature I’ve found is the “bar” option, which does this:
# ack --bar
?IIIIIII7II?????+
~III777II777I?+==++==+:
???I7I???I7II++=====++===
??+??????????+===~~=+++??==+
??+??II??????+==~=~~=+++++==++
I+?????????+?+====~=~==+==++?==?
?????II?????+++++=======?===~~~~==
,?????II????????++++====~===::~~~~:~
I?I??II?+++??+?+++==~~~~:~:~:,:,,:::~
I??????+==+???++++=~~:~:~:,:::,:,,,,,::
+I?++++=+=+????+++=~~:~~:::,,,,::,,,:,:
I??+?+====+???+++===~~::::,::,:,,,,,,::
I????=~===++?+=+=~==~:~~:,,,,,,,.,,,,,:~
=??+?=~~~~??+?+===~~==,==~~~~,,,,..,,,.:=
II++==~~=++++++=~~=~,~+=?+?=I?++=..,.,,:
IIII?+?=====+~+++~=~~~:::=~+~===:,,,,,.,.::
I?=?I+??+=~=~?I?=+=~~~::,~~=~::~=::,,,,,,:: ---------------
?+I??++=++~,::+++~~~:::,,=~~=,~,..,::.: / It's a grep! /
++=+?++~=:~::I+,~=:~,:,,,,:~~......::~,,, ---------------
~=~=:.++~:,.,~=::::.,,:,.:~,:=...==~,:: /
=~?++??+=~~,.:?~.:,:,,,.,::,,~:=~=::,~ /
++~~:~===~:~,.~::,~=~.:,..,:,,:==:.,:7 /
~~,::...:=:,::+:~:.,~,...,.,,,,::~,,::~= /
=~===+=~~,.::,,,:::,..,,,,,,,,,,,:,..,=+?
~=~=~::~~~::,.,,,~:.+,..,,,,..,,,,...,+I?
~==~:~~:~~,~=~~:,:~,:,,,,,,....,,,..+?I?I
~=~=+,:~:=,:~~~~~~::::,.,,.,,.,,,..~+????I
~=~==~=:~~:,~~~~~:::,::,.,,,..,,,I77I?+??II
+I7:::~~=~:,::~~~~.=.,~,,,,...,~7III?+??II7
777?+~:=~=~~:,::~~:::.,,,,,,,,,777II??I777777
777I==:=~::~~~~::~:::,:,:~:::,777I???777777777
7777+,~===~:~:~~~~:::,.~:=,,:777II???77777777777=?
777I~,~~~=~::~:,:,,,:=~~,,:7777I???I7777777777+=++
I7777I,,:,.==::::,:,,,,::::7777I+??I77777777777??I7I7,
,77777I::,..~~:,,,,,,.,:~I7777I+??I777777777777?I7777777,
77777777,...~~:,,,,,.,77777I7???II777777777777+?7777777777
77777777777:,~~~,,=7777777I???II777777777777777+77777777777
77777777777777777777777I+7?7II77777777777777777+777777777777
Genius!