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The switches

--plugin=X

The --plugin=X option tells ack to load a plugin called App::Ack::Plugin::X, and to search files that the plugin knows about.

The opposite, --no-plugin=X specifically tells ack not to use the plugin App::Ack::Plugin::X. This allows you to disable a plugin loaded in an ackrc file.

--available-plugins

--available-plugins searches for App::Ack::Plugin:: modules installed in the search path and displays a list to the user. It will show what file loaded it, too.

Plugin philosophy

The first thing loading a plugin does is add a filetype that ack knows about. For instance, loading the JPEG plugin may now mean that ack recognizes .jpeg and .jpg extensions.

Loading a plugin

# The ackrc
ack --plugin=Tarball
ack --plugin=PDF
ack --plugin=MP3

# The command line

$ ack --no-plugin=Tarball