Whilst using Mac OS X primarily through the terminal, I have written scripts to help save time and improve the experience within Terminal. This is my collection of scripts which I will hopefully continue to update and expand upon.
Because the default find command on Mac OS X is painfully slow, and mdfind is a little cryptic and is missing some simple paramters, I wrote this script to simplify the process of rapidly finding files, folders or text within files.
Download spotfind Ensure the file exists in a folder within your default environment PATH or simply copy it to /usr/local/bin. Ensure the file has execute permissions set (use chmod 755).
Simply run spotlight with no parameters for details on usage.
Written by Matthew O’Riordan, mattheworiordan.com Feedback is welcome, please branch or comment as you wish.
github.com/mattheworiordan/Mac-OS-X-Useful-Scripts mattheworiordan.com
Released under the MIT License: www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php