filesearch

This is a CLI tool that allows you search for files that matches a given pattern within a directory. A simple version of find command.

Installation

This is currently distributed as a source crate, therefore you need to have rustup, cargo, and a linker installed. Refer to Rust's install guide.

If you have the above set up, run

cargo install filesearch

Usage

filesearch <pattern> [directory]

• <pattern> (required): Then search pattern to match against file names.

  • Can be a simple string, e.g. main
  • Can be a wildcard pattern, e.g. test-*, *.rs
  • Case sensitive

• <directory> (required): The directory to search (recursively) in.

  • Defaults to . (current working directory).
  • Must be a valid directory path
  • Example: ., ./src

Examples

# Find all Rust files in the current folder

filesearch "*.rs" .

# Find a specific config file in the /etc folder

filesearch "hosts" /etc

Getting Help

To get more information about the tool, run:

filesearch --help

Or

filesearch -h

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Note: Patterns must be an exact match unless wildcards are used. Searching for main will not find main.rs.