Ack… bar

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!