Open file using "find" (Unix command)

[pedz]

I've been looking at the help text and I see a lot of features but I can't find one that fits my particular need.

The file I'm looking for is not in a project nor a git repository and my laptop doesn't have the locate database built (and I'd prefer to not use it in this case). I'm at some/dir and I know that a file matching prefix*.ext exists somewhere below the current directory.

The some/dir/..else feature is almost what I'm looking for except it uses locate and I'm not looking for a directory but a file. Although it does spark the question, could that be generalized for this case?

I can do find-name-dired and then pick the file but that's no fun! :-)

Also (this should probably be a separate question), do you know about "Spotlight" on a Mac? I think it is always available, up to date, and has all the power of locate plus much more. It seems like that would be a really cool source for helm to tap into.

[thierryvolpiatto]

Perry Smith ***@***.***> writes:

I've been looking at the help text and I see a lot of features but I can't find one that fits my particular need. The file I'm looking for is not in a project nor a git repository and my laptop doesn't have the locate database built (and I'd prefer to not use it in this case). I'm at some/dir and I know that a file matching prefix*.ext exists somewhere below the current directory. The some/dir/..else feature is almost what I'm looking for except it uses locate

It can use anything else IIRC, fd or find at least.

and I'm not looking for a directory but a file.

The best tool for this is fd, it is bound to C-/ in helm-find-files (you have of course to install the fd executable).

Although it does spark the question, could that be generalized for this case?

helm-find-files is fully configurable, you can use something else than locate e.g. fd or find.

I can do find-name-dired and then pick the file but that's no fun! :-)

indeed :-)

Also (this should probably be a separate question), do you know about "Spotlight" on a Mac? I think it is always available, up to date, and has all the power of locate plus much more. It seems like that would be a really cool source for helm to tap into.

There is a source for spotlight in helm-x-files.el, I never used it as I never used a Mac, maybe it still works, have a look.

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