User:Gregor/FindThings
Find Things
How to find things under Linux.
Find files by filename
Case-insensitive example:
find . -type f -iname "*hello*"
Finds "Hello, hello, Thello, Thelloman, HELLO, hELLO, ..."
Case-sensitive example:
find . -type f -name "*Hello*"
Finds "Hello, THello, THelloman, ..."
(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13131048/linux-find-file-names-with-given-string)
Find files by content and filename
grep
Normally, one would use the standard tool grep, but ack is better in some ways.
ack
Case-insensitive example:
ack -i kmoretools
Install: sudo zypper install ack Website: http://beyondgrep.com/
ag
Case-insensitive example:
ack -i kmoretools
Install: sudo zypper install the_silver_searcher Website: https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher