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On 2026-05-05 08:54, John Bokma wrote:
> On 05/05/2026 17:50, Alan wrote:
>> On 2026-05-05 08:11, John Bokma wrote:
> [..]
>>> No. Linux has also find and grep, the GNU version, which has more 
>>> command line options compared to what macOS has. One can install, of 
>>> course, the GNU utilities on macOS and use those.
>>
>> macOS has find and grep--it ships with them, and the ability to do 
>> indexed searches with a command line version of "Spotlight".
> 
> find and grep on macOS have less options compared to the GNU version. 
> One can use Mac ports (or homebrew, I am sure) to install the GNU find 
> and grep.
> 

Options such as?