[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":565},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-14343967":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":63,"maker_in_thread":156,"shape":168,"grid":172,"attempts":527,"same_week":528,"maker_shows":38,"maker_hidden":557,"reader_version":558,"card":559},"14343967","FSQL","Search through your file system with SQL-esque queries","title","Show HN: FSQL – Search through your file system with SQL-esque queries","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fkshvmdn\u002Ffsql","github.com","kshvmdn",1494873582,2017,341,126,55,2242,3,"legend","dev_tools","file search","cli",[21,24,25,26],"sql","filesystem query","find alternative","mixed",0.052,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},9,17,1,8,35,{"idea":36,"privacy":39,"design":41,"performance":42,"docs":43},{"positive":37,"critical":38},7,4,{"positive":40,"critical":40},0,{"positive":32,"critical":38},{"positive":40,"critical":40},{"positive":40,"critical":40},[40,40,40,40,32,32,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,40,45,18,32,32,40,32,18,18,32,45,40,18,32,40,18,18,40,40,45,45,40,40,18,38,45,45],5,null,{"problem":48,"audience":46,"pricing":46,"motivation":46,"time_to_build":46,"stack":60,"openness":61,"stage":62,"team_size":62},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Searching files by attributes is verbose with find and grep","commenter",[52,56],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},"14344408","ziikutv","find\u002Fgrep\u002Fawk\u002Fag 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…",{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},"14344156","m0skit0","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.",[],"open_source","unknown",{"praise":64,"objections":80,"requests":100,"questions":112,"alternatives":120},[65,73],{"value":66,"source":50,"evidence":67},"Cool idea, makes filtering file attributes easier than find",[68,69],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},"14346821","rs86","Really cool idea",{"value":74,"source":50,"evidence":75},"Would use it for finding recent or large files",[76],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"14344245","zitterbewegung","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…",[81,89],{"value":82,"source":50,"evidence":83},"SQL is too verbose for the terminal; find and grep are enough",[84,85],{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"14344271","devnonymous","Nice 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…",{"value":90,"source":50,"evidence":91},"Syntax is clunky, e.g. needs quoting and select",[92,96],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"14344414","m00s3","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.",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"14345753","emmelaich","Yeah, I like the idea of using sql but it is painful to write. 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[0] - https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ffacebook\u002Fosquery",{"value":143,"source":50,"evidence":144},"fzf and q",[145],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"14349152","super_mario","Have you tried FZF (the fuzzy finder)? https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fjunegunn\u002Ffzf It integrates well with UNIX shells, editors (VIM integration is excellent), git log search etc. It's…",{"value":150,"source":50,"evidence":151},"WinFS",[152],{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"14345550","crivabene","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…",{"comments":157,"answered":40,"key":158},6,[159,162,165],{"id":160,"text":161},"14344503","Haha, you're not alone -- https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fkshvmdn\u002Ffsql\u002Fissues\u002F2.",{"id":163,"text":164},"14346301","I like this! I've started work on this [0], feel free to add to the issue if you'd like. [0] https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fkshvmdn\u002Ffsql\u002Fissues\u002F10",{"id":166,"text":167},"14345165","Great idea! Got the issue up [0], feel free to add to it if you'd like. 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