Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 18:50:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: find vs. `ls -alR | grep -i keyword` Message-ID: <20020602184633.R787-100000@66-75-1-142.san.rr.com>
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Does the "find" command run (usefully) faster than `ls -alR | grep -i keyword` folks? Invariably, I surprise myself when a conglomeration such as `find /cdrw -name "*deep\ water*" -print` actually prints useful information (i.e. a hit)! Thoughts of "do I put a slash after cdrw" and "do I really need the asterices or the backslash forcing the space" often confuse this sysadmin for one. :) -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA +1-413-403-9555 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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