On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 10:00:25AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > The "MATE Search Tool" comes close. > > It can: > Select a starting directory. > Search for a specific extension. > Search for a keyword in file content. > > It cannot: > Search ONLY the specified directory. > Return files that DO NOT contain a keyword. > > I suspect what I want would most likely be what I'm looking for. > "ls" can search by extension and stay in specified directory. > It cannot include/exclude keywords. > > My immediate problem involves only a couple dozen files so manual search is > feasible. > > Suggestions?
I recommend 'find' run from the terminal. For example, I have a directory tree full of files like shell scripts, Perl scripts, and also XML documents and their Russian translations. To find the XML documents that are not Russian translations, I can do this: find . -name '*.xml' -a \! -name '*_ru.xml' Read that as "find, the current director, files named *.xml and not named *_ru.xml." It also supports an amazing array of conditions, like newer/older than, same/different permissions, size, etc. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
