[clue-tech] Linux desktop search

[Collins Richey]

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:13:15 -0700, Jeff Cann <j.cann at isuma.org> wrote:
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> You know, with all of the hype around 'desktop' search tools for Windoze boxes
> (which is a horrible thing to have to use to find something), I was thinking
> if someone is going to write something for Linux.  Then, I thought - 'Hey, I
> already know what to write!'
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> $ find . -exec grep 'string to find' {} \; -print
> 
> Sure, there's not spiffy index and binaries don't give great results, but  hey
> it WFM.
> 

Always a fan of simplicity, what does the find expression give you
that this does not?

     grep -R 'string to find' * 

-- 
 Collins