# List Names Of Files With Matches I often use `grep` and `ag` to search for patterns in a group or directory of files. Generally I am interested in looking at the matching lines themselves. However, sometimes I just want to know the set of files that have matches. Both `grep` and `ag` can be told to output nothing more than the names of the files with matches when given the `-l` flag. This can come in particularly handy if you just want a list of files that can be piped (or copied) for use with another command. This eliminates all the extra noise. h/t Dillon Hafer