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Tips on the find command in Linux

Better Alternatives to find

There are some better alternatives to find. The Python module pathlib is the most suitable one for relatively complex jobs. fd, ripgrep, fselect and osquery are other alternatives.

find fd fselect osquery ripgrep (rg)
Primary Use Case File metadata search & execution (scripting) Interactive file name search …