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I got accustomed to the options for
tar
and7z
. forfind
, I just pipe it togrep
or useless
to search for something. It just takes time the first time you run itDitto for
tar
andunrar
, although I deal with.7z
so infrequently that I have to look at the manual every time I use it.find
's fucked up argument handling really becomes a problem for me when I want to use it in a complex pipeline or when using the-exec
flag. I've spent far less time debugging in those situations since switching tofd
. I won't yuck the yum of folks who are comfortable and likefind
, but I feel that we probably have more approachable alternatives for new users.