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Finally, a Linux finder tool I can use (blog.raduzaharia.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I always just use

find | grep -i <partial file name>

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

just use fd at that point

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

find <dir> -iname partialfilename\*

Is pretty much the "find-native" way to do the same thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well that's clearly worse... Why even make this comment?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Because sometimes people want to share solutions that work for them. A clunky solution that you remember is better than the optimal solution you can't access.