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This command combines the use of the find
and fzf
tools in Unix-based systems to search for files in a specified directory and provide an interactive selection interface for the user.
Here is a breakdown of the command:
-
find ${path-to-directory}
: This part of the command uses thefind
tool to search for files in the directory specified by${path-to-directory}
. It will recursively search for files in subdirectories as well. -
-type f
: This option forfind
specifies that it should only search for regular files (not directories or other file types). -
|
: This is a pipe symbol, which is used to redirect the output of thefind
command to thefzf
command. -
fzf
: This command is a powerful command-line fuzzy finder that provides an interactive interface for selecting items from a list. In this case, it will receive the list of file paths fromfind
and display them to the user. -
--multi
: This option forfzf
allows the user to select multiple files instead of just one. -
>
: This symbol is used for output redirection. It tells the shell to redirect the output of thefzf
command to a file specified by${filename}
. -
${filename}
: This is a placeholder for the name of the file where the selected file paths will be saved.
In summary, the find
command searches for files in a directory, the fzf
command presents an interactive selection interface, and the output is saved to a specified file. This allows the user to search for files and select multiple ones using a user-friendly interface.