Files [Admiral Wonderboat]

[budgetbandit@sh.itjust.works]

You‘re good and more efficient. I open 90% of files on Linux, Mac and PC with the search function.

[toynbee@lemmy.world]

I used to have this problem, but now I go with one of two solutions:

• filename-$(date +%F) (or similar)
  • example: notes-2024-12-14.txt
• filename-Mk#
  • example: product-design-MkII (Or Mk2 if you prefer)

[acockworkorange@mander.xyz]

Zeitgeist is your friend.

[naticus@lemmy.world]

This'll help:

https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=grep+-irl+"some+text"

[tequinhu@lemmy.world]

Fun fact: I use "git bash shell" over windows' cmd just because of grep

[tequinhu@lemmy.world]

• case insensitive
• rrecursive
• only show filenames

I also like to use:

• I (capital i) to skip binary files, if I'm in a folder with heavy images/videos/etc
• c 3 to show 3 lines around the matched text

[e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de]

You know how to script and what a symlink is; why aren't you using git or any other kind of version control instead?

[toynbee@lemmy.world]

Because I formed these habits in the nineties and 00's, well before git was a thing; and because nothing I write matters, other than possibly to my employers, in which case I do use (primarily) git ... Or other version control. (Believe it or not, I've used subversion.)

Most of the documents to which I apply this are things like my resume and DNS server. No one but me will ever care.

Also, I like you both for asking this question and for how you put it.

[kabi@lemm.ee]

spends ten minutes figuring out which one's the latest

has to save it again

"new (actual)(for real)"

[pastermil@sh.itjust.works]

I smash my open palm to my keyboard everytime I'm naming something.

In another news, I am currently looking for a job as my employer fired me for 'improper variable naming'.