Locate is necessary but not sufficient (was: Re: Desktop search tools for Linux)

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 08:52:39PM +0300, Omer Zak wrote:

> The 'locate' command is good for locating files by parts of their names.
> It needs to be complemented by a tool which looks for stuff inside the
> files, and which understands their various formats and encodings.
> 
> For example, how would I search for all E-mail messages and other files,
> which mention you (Ehud Karni) by name?

If you use maildir: grep. If you use mbox: mboxgrep or grepmail.

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