SUPER SAIYAN@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · edit-21 day agoI suck at naming anythinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down119
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minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 day agoOr like me obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything. find dir/ -iname "*John*Cena*" or grep -rIi "John.*Cena" dir/
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours ago obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything. Once vs. every time the db gets updated. Database for faster file searching is a HDD relict, imo.
minus-squareSlurpingPus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoUse fd and ripgrep at least. It’s not the stone age.
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoI’m probably using them already if they are aliased to find and grep.
minus-squareSlurpingPus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 hours 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-squareSlurpingPus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoThey use different arguments, so unlikely. Though idk if there are wrappers or anything like that. They’re both easier to use and faster, so it’s worth making sure to switch.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day ago spending cycles trawling through everything Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day 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!
Or like me obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything.
or
Once vs. every time the db gets updated. Database for faster file searching is a HDD relict, imo.
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.They use different arguments, so unlikely. Though idk if there are wrappers or anything like that.
They’re both easier to use and faster, so it’s worth making sure to switch.
Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.
I have this sort of thing aliased, with some added
--includeflags to filter file type (e.g., only match source/script files). Super useful!