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On Linux find -type d
works to list all sub directories, ignoring files.
However when I run this on a Mac (High Sierra) I get the error: find: illegal option -- t
.
On delving into the googles, I hadn't found any obvious alternative for a command line equivalent except for answers suggesting that I use ls
and parse the output via grep
, or have solutions for GUI apps or for the non command line users (via finder, etc.).
The usecase would be to pipe this output to a fuzzy finder which expects a newline separated list of items. For example I can accomplish this with files and ripgrep
with: rg --files -g "" | fzy
. Ripgrep doesn't seem to support a --folders
option or the like from my cursory browse on the github issue tracker.
On Linux find -type d | fzy
"just works". Up to installing other packages, but I really hoped for something that just comes preinstalled.
I can get away from this with some scripting, but I'd love to hear about a best practice here.
I've always used the dot without the slash and it works fine (I never realised it even worked without the dot in Linux). I'm just curious if this is a bad habit in general? – paradroid – 2018-05-13T22:24:08.660
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@paradroid Probably not a bad habit. I just tend to add trailing slash to indicate the object is a directory. In some circumstances this can make a difference though.
– Kamil Maciorowski – 2018-05-13T22:38:03.053