BjörnA to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · il y a 2 ansSeriously, WTF is up with that?imagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down114
arrow-up1298arrow-down1imageSeriously, WTF is up with that?BjörnA to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · il y a 2 ansmessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·il y a 2 ansIdk why but I’ve always been a locate enjoyer myself. But find has more usecases.
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-2il y a 2 ansFind can find stuff based on permissions or other variables and interact with files, like delete etc Locate is just a database of filenames
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·il y a 2 ansGrep. Couldn’t live without find exec grep.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·il y a 2 ansYou rarely need find with grep if you man grep. Grep does it all.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·il y a 2 ansGrep is going to find all .java files in /home/user/workspace? And then conditionally search them? Not so sure about that.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·il y a 2 ansgrep -R --include=\*.java "pattern" /home/user/workspace
Idk why but I’ve always been a locate enjoyer myself. But find has more usecases.
Like what?
Find can find stuff based on permissions or other variables and interact with files, like delete etc
Locate is just a database of filenames
Grep. Couldn’t live without find exec grep.
You rarely need find with grep if you man grep. Grep does it all.
Grep is going to find all .java files in /home/user/workspace? And then conditionally search them? Not so sure about that.
grep -R --include=\*.java "pattern" /home/user/workspace