ctags

Generates an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files for many popular programming languages. More information: <https://ctags.io/>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/ctags.sh
Alpine
apk add ctags
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S ctags
CentOS
yum install ctags
Fedora
dnf install ctags
OS X
brew install ctags
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/ctags
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/ctags ctags powered by Commando

Generates an index (or tag) file of language objects found in source files for many popular programming languages. More information: <https://ctags.io/>.

  • Generate tags for a single file, and output them to a file named "tags" in the current directory, overwriting the file if it exists:
    ctags path/to/file
  • Generate tags for all files in the current directory, and output them to a specific file, overwriting the file if it exists:
    ctags -f path/to/file *
  • Generate tags for all files in the current directory and all subdirectories:
    ctags --recurse
  • Generate tags for a single file, and output them with start line number and end line number in JSON format:
    ctags --fields=+ne --output-format=json path/to/file

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