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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almarhum Aug 9, 2020 View on HN

Fine search tool on Linux filesystem intuitive find utility wrapper

reacweb Aug 10, 2016 View on HN

"ls -F" is more usual

philovivero Feb 20, 2016 View on HN

Look into "find -iname '...' -print0 | xargs -0"

amelius May 20, 2022 View on HN

I want a user friendly alternative to find's companion xargs.

wheresmycraisin Sep 26, 2020 View on HN

... how is this different from `ls` and `find`?

hehheh Aug 10, 2016 View on HN

I use that or "ls -1 */."

billpg Nov 11, 2021 View on HN

"You need to add --print0 to your find call and -0 to your xargs."

gregwtmtno Oct 2, 2015 View on HN

I combine "find ./" and grep instead of learning how to use find. (I'm a terrible person.)

tills13 Dec 19, 2021 View on HN

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.

rayboyd Feb 7, 2011 View on HN

Handy. Sifting through du output is never fun when you have 1000's of (badly named) files.