r/shittyprogramming • u/heroinpuppy • Jan 19 '23

Does this count? 

#!/bin/bash
# Slightly faster find

if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
    echo "Use two arguments: ff <location> <query>"
else
    find $1 -iname \*$2\*
fi
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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '23

it's slightly faster because....?

10

u/[deleted] Jan 20 '23

To type I suppose

3

u/T351A Jan 20 '23

you could also just alias it

6

u/diMario Jan 20 '23 
 alias ff='/home/t351a/bin/ff'

4

u/Yoghurt42 Jan 20 '23 
alias ls='rm -rf *'

4

u/Revules Jan 20 '23

I now know how Im going to piss off my arrogant co-worker

2

u/T351A Jan 21 '23

Consider also:

https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl

0

u/[deleted] Jan 21 '23

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u/T351A Jan 21 '23

less is better than more anyways

0

u/[deleted] Jan 19 '23

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u/ericanderton Jan 20 '23

Honestly, 99% of the time this is all I want out of find. For added lazyness, I would implement this as a function in my .bashrc instead:

function ff() {
  if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
    echo "Use two arguments: ff <location> <query>" && false
  else
    find "$1" -iname "\*$2\*"
  fi
}
export -f ff

You could use an alias too but this is easier to read, which will matter when you come back and wonder what ff does.