alt Hacker Newsthis is what grep is for. Why do I need a service constantly indexing my system and wasting resources for the few times a month I might need to run grep <string>?
what problem was really solved here?
this is what grep is for. Why do I need a service constantly indexing my system and wasting resources for the few times a month I might need to run grep <string>?
what problem was really solved here?
Does grep work on anything other than plain text?
And then you'll have to wait for grep to trawl every folder to find the right file rather than consult an optimised index.