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score 30 · Answer 1

The Silver Searcher

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Speed

The Silver Searcher is lightning fast. See More

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Idiot proof

"ag searchterm" - it's that simple in its purest form. See More

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Support VCS ignore files

Ag can speed up by ignoring files matched by pattern in ".agignore" (deprecated), ".ignore" (since ag-v0.33.0), and VCS ignore files (.gitignore, .git/info/exclude, .hgignore, svn:ignore). See More

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Good overview of results

Grouped by file, highlighted with background color, linenumbers by default See More

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score 45 · Answer 2

locate

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Near instant file name matching

locate updates its database usually daily and from there it can retrieve matching file names almost instantly. See More

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Cannot search inside files' content

Locate only search by file name and has no knowledge of their content. Yet it can be mixed together with tools like xargs and grep to look inside content of possibly relevant files quickly. See More

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Installed by default on most distributions

The "locate" command is probably already installed and setup on your Linux. Just run it. See More

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Regexp option

Uses the extended POSIX regex. See More

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score 470 · Answer 3

Alfred

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Can create custom automated workflows

Allows the creation of automated workflows by connecting keywords, hotkeys and actions together without writing code. See More

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Many features require the $25 powerpack add-on

Features like custom workflows, clipboard history, 1Password integrations and others require the powerpack add-on. See More

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Full keyboard controls

You can do everything using just the keyboard. See More

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Built-in calculator

Alfred is able to handle simple mathematical commands and more extensive expressions alike. Pressing Enter copies the result to the clipboard. See More

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Integrates with 1Password

Alfred allows getting secure and fast access to your 1Password 1Click bookmarks. See More

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Lightweight and smooth

Alfred is a lightweight application for OS X and runs smoothly, even on older devices. See More

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Versatile search

Quickly search for files, applications and web services from the same input. See More

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Productivity booster

Helps speed up your working day one shortcut at a time. See More

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Clipboard history

Alfred offers a clipboard with an extensive history for quick access to your copied text, images and links. See More

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Entry of everything

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Allows theming

Alfred allows adjusting colors, fonts, sizes and more to create new themes. See More

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Offers both a free version and a paid version available

The paid version is more customizable, but the free version is still very powerful. See More

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Price (Base Program):Free

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score 43 · Answer 4

Find Any File

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Fastest on APFS

The fatest way to find all files (including those not indexed by Spotlight) on APFS volumes, as it's the only tool to use the faster searchfs() (Catalog Search) OS function. See More

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Too many boxes to type into

It's a lot of clicking to create your search. It should have a way of just typing what you are looking for in one box. See More

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Can search on network file servers

For instance, Spotlight is not good at searching on NAS drives, but FAF is. See More

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Can find any file, even protected and hidden files

To find any file, even those of other users, use the "Find All" search mode, which works with "root user" permissions. See More

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Faster than EasyFind

Especially on network volume searches. See More

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