On Fri 19 Oct 2018 at 10:00:25 (-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.
Recalling https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/09/msg00228.html as others have said, get familiar with find. I keep a number of potted searches for different occasions as the syntax can be a bit overwhelming. Here are a few: find . -type f | while read file ; do bash-function "$file"; done # avoid using exec find . -type f -exec chmod a-wx {} \; find . -type f -size 1234c -print | less # size in bytes find . -type f -mmin -1440 -print | less # one day find . -type f -exec file {} \; | less find . -type f -name \*ly -printf '%TY-%Tm-%Td %TT %f\n' | cut --complement -b 20-30 | sort find . -type f -name \*ly -exec grep -Z -l -i 'x' {} \; | sort -z | xargs -0 less # display files find . -type f -name \*ly -exec grep -H -i 'x' {} \; | sort | less # display lines Cheers, David.
