Command-line tool

ctags

brew/ctags

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Reimplementation of ctags(1) c++ tags c ctags

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id UniversalCtags.Ctags.Nightly -e

macOS

brew install ctags

Linux

brew install ctags

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

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