Re: An appropriate directory search tool?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 10/20/2018 04:44 AM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 04:32:43AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I think my original post needs a rewrite ;/
> >
> > I'm looking for a directory search tool with specific capabilities
> > which would fit comfortably with my work environment.
>
> [...]
>
> > I suspect that what I want would most likely be a command line tool.
> > Perhaps a script will be required. But, before reinventing the
> > wheel, I ask "Does an appropriate command already exist?"
>
> [...]
>
> Judging by your (second) post, I get the feeling that the answers
> given in this list haven't reached you (at whatever level).

But they did.
That's why I wrote 'My take away from answers so far is "A script will 
be required." '
Perhaps we have different ideas of the definition of "script".
I saw the examples which worked as scripts (even if written as one 
liners). If I had attempted to use bash, I would have expected to use an 
explicit pipe command between 'find' and 'grep'.


> Most
> of them were quite positive: "yes, such a tool exists, it's called
> 'find'", some of them even implemented a sketch of a solution to
> your concrete example.
>
> Since you don't even try to make reference to *any* of the numerous
> proposals flung around here, I'm at a loss on how to help you.
>
> For now, I'll just give up, sorry.
>
> Cheers
> -- tomás