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Re: ls -alR with wd?



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On 06/10/2010 04:58 PM, Merciadri Luca wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I find `find' very inefficient when trying to find some files. I prefer
> using `ls -alR | grep stuff' The problem is that the related output does
> not give me the directory where `stuff' is found. How can I add some row
> giving this? Thanks.
> 

Have you tried using locate? locate builds a database of files (using
updatedb) so searching is faster.

IMO find is best used when you want to perform some action on the files
found.

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