Björn Tantau to linuxmemes • 6 months agoSeriously, WTF is up with that?swg-empire.deimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down114
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minus-square@eskimofrylink34•6 months agoCorporate users in shambles because mlocate.db cannot be generated without root.
minus-square@Evotechlink7•edit-26 months agoIdk why but I’ve always been a locate enjoyer myself. But find has more usecases.
minus-square@Evotechlink13•edit-26 months agoFind can find stuff based on permissions or other variables and interact with files, like delete etc Locate is just a database of filenames
minus-squarefmstratlinkfedilink3•6 months agoYou rarely need find with grep if you man grep. Grep does it all.
minus-square@jaybonelink0•6 months agoGrep is going to find all .java files in /home/user/workspace? And then conditionally search them? Not so sure about that.
minus-squarefmstratlinkfedilink9•6 months agogrep -R --include=\*.java "pattern" /home/user/workspace
minus-squareAustralis13linkfedilink1•6 months agoIndeed! Covers most of the instances where I would otherwise have to use find.
locateenjoyers unite.Corporate users in shambles because mlocate.db cannot be generated without root.
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/workspaceIndeed! Covers most of the instances where I would otherwise have to use find.