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Intuitive design for command line switches

• ithkuil 11y ago
  In Windows/ReactOS one would type: dir .txt /s > In Windows/ReactOS one would type: > dir .txt /s > In Unix/Linux this is a top answer: > find ./ -type f -name ".txt" FYI, bash 4 / zsh allow: ls /.txt One thing that is often missed about first time unix users is that despite of the often obscure and often inconsistent flag syntax, the real power comes from the ability to combine commands and constructs: rm /.txt or find ./ -type f -name ".txt" | xargs rm (if you don't remember that find has an -exec flag)
  • nunobrito 11y ago
    OP here. My apologies, was meant to say "search folder and sub-folders". If it is just to find on the current folder, the ls syntax is quite good.
    • ithkuil 11y ago
      my apologies, HN formatting mistake I meant the double star syntax: "<start><star>/<star>.txt"