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FF: File Finder

About

Yes, I know, there's find and grep but I find those both opaque and difficult to use.

Options

options
long short meaning
--case-sensitive -cs case must match (I think this is just filenames for now, but might also be content...)
--file-date= -fd= only include files created or edited on the given date
--list-found -lf list all items as they are checked - fi for files, fo for folders, combine in either order for both
--log-matches -lm log found matches to a file
--show-commands -sc show any external commands used
--show-progress -sp display search progress on a single line (faster and less overwhelming)

Examples

Find all files in the 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.