I don’t know why the file search on Windows sucks this much but, yeah… I can be looking at the fucking file I want, search for its exact name, and get zero results.
That’s your problem, that ain’t a file, boss, that’s a folder.
Is this a joke I’m too much of a Linux user to understand? (I use Arch btw.)
It’s a folder icon not a file icon
Yes, but they use Arch. Hope you noticed.
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$locate %filename%
On Windows, I’ve had good luck with the search tool Everything.
Everything is a required tool for any Windows computer I interact with.
And Wiztree! I really do love that program.
Including like little Spanners to fix it and big spanners to hit it?
Thanks that was helpful at the right moment!
Happy I could help. It’s been everything Windows search is not.
Additional pro-tip if anyone is still using WinDirStat, Spacemonger, etc.: WizTree is game-changing.
And mlocate for Linux.
Or like me obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything.
find dir/ -iname "*John*Cena*"or
grep -rIi "John.*Cena" dir/grep -rIi “John.*Cena” dir/
I have this sort of thing aliased, with some added
--includeflags to filter file type (e.g., only match source/script files). Super useful!spending cycles trawling through everything
Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.
Test.txt isn’t descriptive enough?
I literally have like 5 of these in my home directory…
This is why everything gets put into their own directory branch… and why I sometimes forget my pokemon fan games are for some reason in my Ankama folder for whatever reason.
I get it, because you See Nah
