SUPER SAIYAN@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 7 days agoI suck at naming anythinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI suck at naming anythinglemmy.worldSUPER SAIYAN@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square30linkfedilink
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoOr like me obviously spending cycles trawling through everything. find dir/ -iname "*John*Cena*" or grep -rIi "John.*Cena" dir/
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoUse fd and ripgrep at least. It’s not the stone age.
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoI’m probably using them already if they are aliased to find and grep.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoBtw, while I’m here: you might also want to look into eza, fzf, bat, and maybe delta (or icdiff for side-by-side comparison). I’m pretty conservative regarding replacement for classic utils, but these are worth it.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days ago grep -rIi “John.*Cena” dir/ I have this sort of thing aliased, with some added --include flags to filter file type (e.g., only match source/script files). Super useful!
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days ago spending cycles trawling through everything Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.
And mlocate for Linux.
Or like me obviously spending cycles trawling through everything.
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Use
fdand ripgrep at least. It’s not the stone age.I’m probably using them already if they are aliased to
findandgrep.Btw, while I’m here: you might also want to look into
eza,fzf,bat, and maybedelta(oricdifffor side-by-side comparison). I’m pretty conservative regarding replacement for classic utils, but these are worth it.I have this sort of thing aliased, with some added
--includeflags to filter file type (e.g., only match source/script files). Super useful!Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.