FSQL
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How HN took it
9 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.
Idea: 7 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 4 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Cool idea, makes filtering file attributes easier than find
From 2 comments
find/grep/awk/ag get me a long way to be honest. However, I think this is a cool project because it makes filtering of file attributes (such as size) so much easier. No need for…
ziikutv on HNReally cool idea
rs86 on HN
Would use it for finding recent or large files
From 1 comment
This is really neat. MacOS has a easy to use smart folder which I use to find recent files and large files. An interface like this is an advantage because it's easy to understand…
zitterbewegung on HN
Objections
SQL is too verbose for the terminal; find and grep are enough
From 2 comments
I think SQL is too verbose for use on the terminal. find + grep does the trick with way less verbose syntax (but also probably less readable). With that said, it is quite cool.
m0skit0 on HNNice project, wish you the best ! Although tbh, I personally won't use this simply because I know enough of find(1) to not see the cognitive overhead of switching to sql to do…
devnonymous on HN
Syntax is clunky, e.g. needs quoting and select
From 2 comments
Seems if the query is always going to start with SELECT, that maybe it should be assumed? I would never use this though, ack or find seem sufficient to me.
m00s3 on HNYeah, I like the idea of using sql but it is painful to write. It would be nice to omit the select and the quoting; my suggestion would be that ``` fsql "select * from ..." ```…
emmelaich on HN
Requests
Shorter syntax without select or quotes
From 1 comment
Yeah, I like the idea of using sql but it is painful to write. It would be nice to omit the select and the quoting; my suggestion would be that ``` fsql "select * from ..." ```…
emmelaich on HN
Document a WHY section in the README
From 1 comment
Really cool idea, but I'm really missing the WHY section in the Readme file. Thinking about a use case is quite hard. Anyone?
drinchev on HN
Questions
How and where is the index stored, and does it work on very large filesystems
From 1 comment
Don't see it offhand so asking: 1) How/where are you storing the index 2) Have you tried this on large (30+ TB filesystems)?
CaseFlatline on HN
Alternatives named
Everything (Windows instant file search)
From 1 comment
For those of us on Windows: Everything [1] does the job quite nicely with much less verbose syntax. [1] http://voidtools.com
misterdata on HN
Agent Ransack
From 1 comment
Agent Ransack is another good one.
nirav72 on HN
osquery
From 1 comment
Reminds me of osquery [0]. [0] - https://github.com/facebook/osquery
rekwah on HN
fzf and q
From 1 comment
Have you tried FZF (the fuzzy finder)? https://github.com/junegunn/fzf It integrates well with UNIX shells, editors (VIM integration is excellent), git log search etc. It's…
super_mario on HN
WinFS
From 1 comment
Does anyone remember WinFS (1)? Bill Gates described it as his biggest product regret (2). I remember I thought it was brilliant. Too bad it was probably a little bit too…
crivabene on HN