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mdfind — List files matching a query. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mdfind.1.htm

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Problem

How to use the mdfind command: List files matching a query. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mdfind.1.html>.

Solution

mdfind — List files matching a query. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mdfind.1.html>.

Find a file by its name:
mdfind -name {{file}}


Find a file by its content:
mdfind "{{query}}"


Find a file containing a string, in a given directory:
mdfind -onlyin {{directory}} "{{query}}"

Code Snippets

Find a file by its name

mdfind -name {{file}}

Find a file by its content

mdfind "{{query}}"

Find a file containing a string, in a given directory

mdfind -onlyin {{directory}} "{{query}}"

Context

tldr-pages: osx/mdfind

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