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minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9 hours agoOn Windows, I’ve had good luck with the search tool Everything.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 hours agoEverything is a required tool for any Windows computer I interact with.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoAnd Wiztree! I really do love that program.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoIncluding like little Spanners to fix it and big spanners to hit it?
minus-squareMeron35@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·32 minutes agoplocate is much faster and requires less resources. macOS users should use mdfind instead
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-28 hours agoOr like me obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything. find dir/ -iname "*John*Cena*" or grep -rIi "John.*Cena" dir/
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours 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-up2·7 hours ago spending cycles trawling through everything Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.
minus-squareCarvex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 hours agoThanks that was helpful at the right moment!
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 hours agoHappy 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.
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?
And mlocate for Linux.
plocate is much faster and requires less resources. macOS users should use mdfind instead
Or like me obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything.
or
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.
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.