ffind: a sane replacement for command line file search

Re:ffind: a sane replacement for command line file search by revscat on Sunday June 09, 2013 @09:28AM (#5848819)

What are the advantages of this over

    mdfind -onlyin . <str>

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Re:ffind: a sane replacement for command line file search by keeperofdakeys on Sunday June 09, 2013 @09:41AM (#5848871)

The author probably wanted a simple command, that required as few parameters as needed.

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Re:ffind: a sane replacement for command line file search by hollerith on Sunday June 09, 2013 @10:55AM (#5849096)

It searches the contents of files, not just the names of files.

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Re:ffind: a sane replacement for command line file search by revscat on Monday June 10, 2013 @09:54AM (#5854308)

So does mdfind.

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Re:ffind: a sane replacement for command line file search by hollerith on Monday June 10, 2013 @05:15PM (#5856905)

I stand corrected.

(I tested before I posted, but forgot MD indexing was turned off.)

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