RbFind

A substitute for the Unix find tool using Ruby expressions

Description

RbFind does the same as the standard Unix find tool but has a different calling syntax. You may specify your search reqest as a Ruby expression.

Features

  • ls long format style output

  • Built-in grep

  • Colored ls and grep output

  • Automatically exclude version control system or Vim swap files

  • No dependecies

Example

Find files that were modified in the last five minutes.

$ rbfind -p 'file and age < 5.m'

Grep whole directory but skip “.git/” or “.svn/”, and “.filename.swp”.

$ rbfind -CWg require

Save time and do not grep large files.

$ rbfind 'filesize < 100.kB and grep /require/'

Output ls long format.

$ rbfind -P

Print MD5 digest and size for each file.

$ rbfind 'spacesep digest_md5, size.w8, path'

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