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From: Merciadri Luca on 10 Jun 2010 17:10 Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > 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. > `locate' is really, really, really, really faster. I had no knowledge about it. Thanks a lot. -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. Little things affect little minds. (Benjamin Disraeli)
From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 10 Jun 2010 17:10 On Thursday 10 June 2010 15:58:58 Merciadri Luca wrote: > 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. You can't. Use find correctly. If you do, it will always be faster than (ls -alR | grep $stuff). -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss(a)iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
From: Jordan Metzmeier on 10 Jun 2010 17:10 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMEVN3AAoJEKj/C3qNthmTZjMP/iGZrUqJ1g6JtePw+lGgg1KV CapM37ta2KzceroBkzp4W5SJx07s6j8rhHrIKrl0GfWIk9gi4MGW70sajg/nxYB5 vdayoAwW6BuJisLz3+31QzaCo9IAWFkJMGk0e7rwvizZTsjfSF6rHQxCqdTXvCeI 2r3/pte4oCX/PCuM5YhMmmK43hsmaO4/qOdToFoXPSj4Pc+TqlF6sJEykw2IL6HY qaAuIH7ymn+deqQsvaqscMxH04+Xt63iJ/MW0rsyd8GTiWBMTqPKGhakgeZ70/sl wU7qUWVh4OJeJu7GKyqSBM1SGr0I4pyZwRGQUCknkSsWo25oDieH1PJduDMXOffy uynKOJ4Oo1J0JOuIhZoFeQZjr95NqyrBcqOA/TtPE1RvFYwqIg03FeO1qHmRo/QZ JfMeuVoDyFnLuN9TLbtFLGUD1UqtyB8M4q817q+vSMUURqkiWnW8muuLI56mlD1Q sFRk8kLlFO+bHUp3qEJ5QK+WR27xolXtUQ/k/VxQO6aMkH9qfwS9MBs9PxtjJ4H2 BqiyICIH4n3VEJYllGoIpKPQeT55X4KcHLO1ZlJhLEhySozBnQ96VvMzLnwGCkdJ qAnF+N5/YhDbScZKmWeFXrdvyws0dup1Cfz/naphTJnZ4qQ0t0CLX52bDPycyf++ Y004wehF8WqjK1Y9UDqn =fi/F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4C115377.4080008(a)gmail.com
From: Merciadri Luca on 10 Jun 2010 17:40 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Thursday 10 June 2010 15:58:58 Merciadri Luca wrote: > > > > You can't. Use find correctly. If you do, it will always be faster than (ls > -alR | grep $stuff). > And what means `use find correctly?' Is `find . -name mystuff' so bad? -- Merciadri Luca See http://www.student.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~merciadri/ I use PGP. If there is an incompatibility problem with your mail client, please contact me. If you fake it, you can't make it.
From: Camaleón on 10 Jun 2010 17:50
On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:58:58 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote: > I find `find' very inefficient when trying to find some files. (...) I've got a "one-liner" saved: *** find /directory/to/find/* -type f -exec grep -H 'text' {} \; *** Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.06.10.21.46.11(a)gmail.com |