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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I always just use

find | grep -i <partial file name>
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

just use fd at that point

[–] FizzyOrange 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well that's clearly worse... Why even make this comment?

[–] Tja 5 points 2 months ago

Because sometimes people want to share solutions that work for them. A clunky solution that you remember is better than the optimal solution you can't access.