File system search tools

Search file content

• altbox.dev: grep alternatives
• rigprep
  • ripgrep is a line-oriented search tool that recursively searches the current directory for a regex pattern
  • Rust
  • Very fast, see Quick examples comparing tools
• sd is an intuitive find & replace CLI
  • Rust

Search file names

• altbox.dev: find alternatives
• fd
  • Very fast compared to find: Benchmark

Obsolete

• ag / The Silver Searcher
  • code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster
  • Stale, last tag from 2018