file-search
Fuzzy file search in Linux console
You may find fzf useful. It’s a general purpose fuzzy finder written in Go that can be used with any list of things: files, processes, command history, Git branches, etc. Its install script will setup a Ctrl+T keybinding for your shell. Pressing Ctrl+T lets you fuzzy-search for a file or directory and put its path … Read more
How to make eclipse “File Search” to also search inside source jars containing some text?
Recently discovered the following plugin has beta support for searching into linked source jars: https://github.com/ajermakovics/eclipse-instasearch You have to enable searching source jars in the preferences as it is turned off by default. Depending on how much source you have, the indexing process is very slow, but then search is very fast. I have an Eclipse … Read more
How can I use grep to find a word inside a folder?
grep -nr ‘yourString*’ . The dot at the end searches the current directory. Meaning for each parameter: -n Show relative line number in the file ‘yourString*’ String for search, followed by a wildcard character -r Recursively search subdirectories listed . Directory for search (current directory) grep -nr ‘MobileAppSer*’ . (Would find MobileAppServlet.java or MobileAppServlet.class or … Read more