SUPER SAIYAN@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoI suck at naming anythinglemmy.worldimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1200
arrow-up1200imageI suck at naming anythinglemmy.worldSUPER SAIYAN@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoOr like me obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything. find dir/ -iname "*John*Cena*" or grep -rIi "John.*Cena" dir/
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago spending cycles trawling through everything Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoUse fd and ripgrep at least. It’s not the stone age.
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI’m probably using them already if they are aliased to find and grep.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoBtw, while I’m here: you might also want to look into eza, fzf, bat, and maybe delta (or icdiff for side-by-side comparison). I’m pretty conservative regarding replacement for classic utils, but these are worth it.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThey use different arguments, so unlikely. Though idk if there are wrappers or anything like that. They’re both easier to use and faster, so it’s worth making sure to switch.
Or like me obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything.
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Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.
Use
fdand ripgrep at least. It’s not the stone age.I’m probably using them already if they are aliased to
findandgrep.Btw, while I’m here: you might also want to look into
eza,fzf,bat, and maybedelta(oricdifffor side-by-side comparison). I’m pretty conservative regarding replacement for classic utils, but these are worth it.They use different arguments, so unlikely. Though idk if there are wrappers or anything like that.
They’re both easier to use and faster, so it’s worth making sure to switch.