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minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 months agoOn Windows, I’ve had good luck with the search tool Everything.
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoOr like me obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything. find dir/ -iname "*John*Cena*" or grep -rIi "John.*Cena" dir/
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months ago spending cycles trawling through everything Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoUse fd and ripgrep at least. It’s not the stone age.
minus-squareBeigeAgenda@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI’m probably using them already if they are aliased to find and grep.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoBtw, while I’m here: you might also want to look into eza, fzf, bat, and maybe delta (or icdiff for side-by-side comparison). I’m pretty conservative regarding replacement for classic utils, but these are worth it.
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThey use different arguments, so unlikely. Though idk if there are wrappers or anything like that. They’re both easier to use and faster, so it’s worth making sure to switch.
minus-squareMeron35@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoplocate is much faster and requires less resources. macOS users should use mdfind instead
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoEverything is a required tool for any Windows computer I interact with.
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoAnd Wiztree! I really do love that program.
minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoWinDirStat imo is a better alternative - same functionality, much older and open source. Wiztree borrows a lot from WinDirStat’s interface.
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoIncluding like little Spanners to fix it and big spanners to hit it?
minus-squareCarvex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoThanks that was helpful at the right moment!
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoHappy I could help. It’s been everything Windows search is not. Additional pro-tip if anyone is still using WinDirStat, Spacemonger, etc.: WizTree is game-changing.
On Windows, I’ve had good luck with the search tool Everything.
And mlocate for Linux.
Or like me obliviously spending cycles trawling through everything.
or
Beats spending cycles indexing everything and never search them.
Use
fdand ripgrep at least. It’s not the stone age.I’m probably using them already if they are aliased to
findandgrep.Btw, while I’m here: you might also want to look into
eza,fzf,bat, and maybedelta(oricdifffor side-by-side comparison). I’m pretty conservative regarding replacement for classic utils, but these are worth it.They use different arguments, so unlikely. Though idk if there are wrappers or anything like that.
They’re both easier to use and faster, so it’s worth making sure to switch.
plocate is much faster and requires less resources. macOS users should use mdfind instead
Everything is a required tool for any Windows computer I interact with.
And Wiztree! I really do love that program.
WinDirStat imo is a better alternative - same functionality, much older and open source.
Wiztree borrows a lot from WinDirStat’s interface.
Including like little Spanners to fix it and big spanners to hit it?
Thanks that was helpful at the right moment!
Happy I could help. It’s been everything Windows search is not.
Additional pro-tip if anyone is still using WinDirStat, Spacemonger, etc.: WizTree is game-changing.