tldr/pages/osx/mdfind.md

# mdfind

> List files matching a query.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mdfind.1.html>.

- Find a file by its name:

`mdfind -name {{file}}`

- Find a file by its content:

`mdfind "{{query}}"`

- Find a file containing a string, in a given directory:

`mdfind -onlyin {{directory}} "{{query}}"`
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pages*: simplify page description (#12149) Co-authored-by: Sebastiaan Speck <12570668+sebastiaanspeck@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com> 2024-02-14 17:25:13 -03:00			`> List files matching a query.`
pages.*: use keith.github.io for builtin man pages (#12168) 2024-01-31 07:20:27 -03:00			`> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mdfind.1.html>.`
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osx/*: update page (#7665) 2022-02-14 03:21:43 -08:00			`mdfind "{{query}}"`
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Formatted all pages according to guidelines. 2016-01-07 18:31:27 +01:00			`- Find a file containing a string, in a given directory:`
Add mdfind 2015-10-26 12:55:32 +01:00
osx/*: update page (#7665) 2022-02-14 03:21:43 -08:00			`mdfind -onlyin {{directory}} "{{query}}"`