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		emmelaich 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities The database is not set up by default. Your better bet on MacOS is to use `mdfind -name ....`

kstrauser 8 months ago [–]

I have that aliased to `locate` on mine. It's not exactly the same but it gets me 99% of the way there.

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