Linux one-liners: Using the standard Find command to replace 3rd party fuzzy finders

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:56:11 +0000

When trying to solve a problem using Linux you can rest assured that someone has come across it before, and probably solved it back in the seventies.

Everyone needs to search their hard drive for files and open them in a program of their choice. Using a mouse-driven desktop file explorer is terdious, so what is the best way to do it without leaving the beloved terminal?

There are a lot of command-line ‘fuzzy finders’ that all vie for your attention. Don’t waste your time, Linux has the find command built-in and it can do basic fuzzy file searching in one line! You just need to unravel the cryptic syntax and wrap it up in a function.

Configuring Fedora & Localhost Setup

Sun, 05 Nov 2017 17:04:27 +0000

This is the first part of my series of step by step guides to turn Fedora into the ultimate web development platform.

I am going to assume that you have Fedora installed already, or are comfortable installing it yourself. Once you are up and running, just run the terminal application and follow along to set up your perfect development environment.

In this guide we will discover:

How to set the host name, and why it’s important.
Which repositories to install and how to do it.
How to setup subpixel rendering to improve font appearance.
How to setup and configure your LAMP environment for localhost development.

Bash on Else Web Development

Linux one-liners: Using the standard Find command to replace 3rd party fuzzy finders

Configuring Fedora & Localhost Setup