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Agreed. My most common use case for "finding stuff" on linux boxes is me looking for particular strings in clear text files, so I often end up doing "grep strin
by lazyweb 5y ago
Agreed. My most common use case for "finding stuff" on linux boxes is me looking for particular strings in clear text files, so I often end up doing "grep string -Ri {/etc,/var} | less".
Also, though find seems to be POSIX compliant, I just don't like it's syntax and how flags are handled.
- npteljes 5y agoFor that I like to install ripgrep or `rg` for short, very nice defaults and formats the output nicely too.
- hnarn 5y agoInstalling the tools you prefer is not always an option, but I agree, ripgrep is great.
- alex_smart 5y agoYou can always put some binaries in $HOME/bin.
- hnarn 5y agoYou cannot "always" do this because some of us frequently or occasionally work in environments where external, non-reviewed software simply isn't allowed.