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It's amazing how often I find myself

2024-03-01 18:50:03.575789+01 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

It's amazing how often I find myself ssh-ing into a Linux server to do basic everyday tasks, because MacOS's versions of the standard command-line tools lack functionality.

[ related topics: Free Software Open Source Macintosh Cryptography ]

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#Comment Re: It's amazing how often I find myself made: 2024-03-01 19:15:29.356728+01 by: brainopener [edit history]

I'm sure you know this, but you can install findutils and coreutils (and maybe others) through HomeBrew or MacPorts and get the better GNU utilities on the Mac. They end up prepended with the letter 'g'.

I use gfind all the time because it has a case insensitive iname option for pattern matching names.

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