Find Files (ff)

Find Files (ff) utility recursively searches the files whose names match the specified RegExp pattern in the provided directory (defaults to the current directory if not provided).

Dual-licensed under MIT or the UNLICENSE.

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Installation

Download the latest executable ff binary from the releases page.

Usage

``` USAGE: ff [FLAGS] [ROOT_PATH]

FLAGS: -s, --case-sensitive Search case sensitively. By default, files are searched case insensitively. -h, --help Prints help information -H, --search-hidden Search hidden files and directories. By default, hidden files and directories are skipped. -V, --version Prints version information

ARGS: Find files whose name (path) matches this substring or the regular expression. Path to the directory to search files inside. [default: $PWD] ```

Examples

There are a tons of possibilities to search files using ff. Following examples demonstrate just a tip of an iceberg.

• List paths of files recursively in the current working directory matching main string.

ff main

• List files having .png, or .PNG extension.

ff \.png$

• List files having strict .PNG extension.

ff -s \.PNG$

• Search various image files.

ff "\.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|svg)"

• List files whose path matches controllers string.

ff controllers

• Search .js files in ./spec directory.

ff \.js ./spec

• Search a file which is expected to be inside hidden .git directory whose name contains commit or something similar.

```bash $ ff git.*commit -H

./.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG

omitted other results

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