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==About== | ==About== | ||
Yes, I know, there's <code>find</code> and {{l/htyp|grep}} but I find those both opaque and difficult to use. | Yes, I know, there's <code>find</code> and {{l/htyp|grep}} but I find those both opaque and difficult to use. | ||
==Options== | |||
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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
Find all files in | * Find all files in my Downloads folder which were created or edited on August 26, 2022: | ||
./ff -fd:2022-08-26 -sp /home/woozle/Downloads/*.* | ./ff -fd:2022-08-26 -sp /home/woozle/Downloads/?"*.*" | ||
: Note that the quotes are necessary in order to prevent [[htyp:bash/globbing|bash from automatically unglobbing]] the "*.*" into a list of filenames, which would hopelessly confuse things. | |||
* Look in my home folder and find all files with "signal" in the name, and log all folders searched: | |||
./ff -sp -lf:i=fo:f=folders.ff.log /home/woozle/?"*signal*" | |||
: Note that this won't identify ''folders'' with "signal" in the name, which is actually what I wanted. This suggests that some tweaking may be needed, since <code>-lm:i=fo</code> should accomplish this but I don't think it does (not tested). Also, it's implied that matches and "found" can be written to separate logfiles, but I don't think it actually works that way. TO FIX. | |||
Latest revision as of 16:55, 17 November 2022
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FF: File Finder
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About
Yes, I know, there's find and grep but I find those both opaque and difficult to use.
Options
| name | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| standard | long | short | meaning |
| ff | --case-sensitive | -cs | case must match (I think this is just filenames for now, but might also be content...) |
| ff | --file-date= | -fd= | only include files created or edited on the given date |
| ff | --list-matches | -lm | log matching files (same suboptions as -lf) |
| ff | --show-commands | -sc | show any external commands used |
| spider | --list-found=<params> | -lf=<params> | list all items found according to the rules in <params>, which is formatted like "<name>=<value>:<name>=<value>":
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| base | --config-file=<config spec> | -cf=<config spec> | name of config file to load instead of the default |
| base | --show-progress | -sp | update a line on the screen to show current activity |
Examples
- Find all files in my Downloads folder which were created or edited on August 26, 2022:
./ff -fd:2022-08-26 -sp /home/woozle/Downloads/?"*.*"
- Note that the quotes are necessary in order to prevent bash from automatically unglobbing the "*.*" into a list of filenames, which would hopelessly confuse things.
- Look in my home folder and find all files with "signal" in the name, and log all folders searched:
./ff -sp -lf:i=fo:f=folders.ff.log /home/woozle/?"*signal*"
- Note that this won't identify folders with "signal" in the name, which is actually what I wanted. This suggests that some tweaking may be needed, since
-lm:i=foshould accomplish this but I don't think it does (not tested). Also, it's implied that matches and "found" can be written to separate logfiles, but I don't think it actually works that way. TO FIX.