Andrew Gwozdziewycz <w...@apgwoz.com> writes: > Assume that each filter halves the fileset of, say, 256 files (my /etc > directory on this OSX machine has just 247 files). That's less than > 512 calls with a few filters. Is that really so bad on modern > hardware?
If you have only 256 files, you can do almost anything and it'll still be fast. Think tens of thousands, at the very least. I like the general idea of this, but I'd advise you not to go overboard with the tool splitting. You can easily have a single "filegrep" tool that includes all queries about size, age and the like, paired with another tree-walking fool. -- \ Troels /\ Henriksen
