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minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoFind can find stuff based on permissions or other variables and interact with files, like delete etc Locate is just a database of filenames
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoGrep. Couldn’t live without find exec grep.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoYou rarely need find with grep if you man grep. Grep does it all.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoGrep is going to find all .java files in /home/user/workspace? And then conditionally search them? Not so sure about that.
minus-squarefmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agogrep -R --include=\*.java "pattern" /home/user/workspace
Find can find stuff based on permissions or other variables and interact with files, like delete etc
Locate is just a database of filenames
Grep. Couldn’t live without find exec grep.
You rarely need find with grep if you man grep. Grep does it all.
Grep is going to find all .java files in /home/user/workspace? And then conditionally search them? Not so sure about that.
grep -R --include=\*.java "pattern" /home/user/workspace