ctags.md

ctags

1. basic usage

   # generate tags for all files in current and all child directories:
   $ ctags -R
   
   $ ctags -V [options] # verbose, debug mode

2. exclude specific files

   $ ctags --exclude=*.html --exclude=*.js ./*

3. generate only for specific languages

   $ ctags --list-languages # show all supported languages
   Ant
   Asm
   Asp
   Awk
   Basic
   BETA
   C
   C++
   C#
   Cobol
   CSS
   DosBatch
   Eiffel
   Erlang
   Flex
   Fortran
   HTML
   Java
   JavaScript
   Lisp
   Lua
   Make
   MatLab
   OCaml
   Pascal
   Perl
   PHP
   Python
   REXX
   Ruby
   Scheme
   Sh
   SLang
   SML
   SQL
   Tcl
   Tex
   Vera
   Verilog
   VHDL
   Vim
   YACC
   
   # only include PHP files, note that language name is case-sensitive
   $ ctags -R --languages=PHP *
   
   # .h files are classified into C++ files, see `man ctags` for details
   # so we need to add `C++` to `--languages` option for C projects,
   # otherwise `.h` files will not be included
   $ ctags -R --languages=C,C++ *