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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I always just use

find | grep -i <partial file name>
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well that's clearly worse... Why even make this comment?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Because sometimes people want to share solutions that work for them. A clunky solution that you remember is better than the optimal solution you can't access.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

just use fd at that point