A few examples on using shell cmd to find files
TODO:
- Use prune in find to exclude folders
ls - list directory contents
cd 24_finding_files
#find files and folders beginning with 2 (filenames only)
ls -1d ../2* find - search for files in a directory hierarchy
#case match
find ../ -name "*.txt"
#case-insensitive
find ../ -iname "*.txt"
# created in last 3 days
stat ../05_strings/README.md
find ../ -iname "*.md" -ctime +3
# above 10mb
find ../ -type f -size +10M
# find all vscode workspace folders for shell_examples
find $HOME/Library/Application\ Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/ -name "*.json" -print -exec jq . {} \; | grep -A 10 -B 10 'shell_examples"'
# removing artifacts
find ./my-packages -type d -name "dist" -exec rm -rf {} +
find ./my-packages -type f -name "tsbuildinfo" -exec rm {} +grep, egrep, fgrep, rgrep - print lines that match patterns
# find files containing case-insenitive 'readme'.
grep -i README ../*
# find all files with a shebang
grep -R "/usr/bin/env" --include="*.sh" ../* locate - list files in databases that match a pattern
# install locate
sudo apt-get install locate
# if locate returns nothing you need to run updatedb.
locate --statistics
sudo updatedb
# locate should return modification date
locate --statistics
# find files
locate updatedb
locate "/etc/*.conf"exa is a modern replacement for the venerable file-listing command-line program ls that ships with Unix and Linux operating systems, giving it more features and better defaults.
brew install exa
# find all markdown files
exa -laTR --icons --git | grep ".*\.md"fd is a program to find entries in your filesystem. It is a simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to find.
brew install fd
# find all files
fd
# find extension md
fd -e mdripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern.
brew install ripgrep
# find all files containing README
rg --ignore-case README
# searching in node_modules (including .gitignore)
rg --no-ignore --hidden "items to be sent"