CLI File Search Tools
Discussions center on command-line utilities like find, ls, xargs, and their alternatives (e.g., exa, fd, nushell) for searching, listing, and managing files on Unix-like systems, including usage tips, comparisons, and workarounds for common issues.
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Fine search tool on Linux filesystem intuitive find utility wrapper
"ls -F" is more usual
Look into "find -iname '...' -print0 | xargs -0"
I want a user friendly alternative to find's companion xargs.
... how is this different from `ls` and `find`?
I use that or "ls -1 */."
"You need to add --print0 to your find call and -0 to your xargs."
I combine "find ./" and grep instead of learning how to use find. (I'm a terrible person.)
I'd say this is a situation where you should use a tool that's appropriate for the job.Listing 70k files without greping or piping into another process is something you are probably not going to ever do. exa seems very good for the average case.
Handy. Sifting through du output is never fun when you have 1000's of (badly named) files.