112 lines
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112 lines
2.0 KiB
Markdown
### Use Spotlight for searching
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#### Search Current Directory and Subdirectories
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bash
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```bash
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mdfind -onlyin . "search term"
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```
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Or you can be more explicit:
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bash
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```bash
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mdfind -onlyin "$PWD" "search term"
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```
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#### Examples
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**Find all PDF files in current directory tree:**
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bash
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```bash
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mdfind -onlyin . "kMDItemContentType == 'com.adobe.pdf'"
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```
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**Search for files containing "config" in current directory:**
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bash
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```bash
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mdfind -onlyin . "config"
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```
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**Find files by name in current directory:**
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bash
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```bash
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mdfind -onlyin . -name "*.txt"
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```
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### Reading Files
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`textutil` is a powerful built-in macOS command-line utility for converting between various document formats. It's particularly useful for extracting text from documents or converting between formats.
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#### Supported Input Formats
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**Text formats:**
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- `.txt` - Plain text
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- `.rtf` - Rich Text Format
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- `.rtfd` - RTF with attachments
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- `.html` - HTML documents
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- `.xml` - XML documents
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**Document formats:**
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- `.doc` - Microsoft Word (older format)
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- `.docx` - Microsoft Word (newer format)
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- `.odt` - OpenDocument Text
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- `.pages` - Apple Pages documents
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**Other formats:**
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- `.pdf` - PDF documents
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- `.webarchive` - Safari web archives
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#### Supported Output Formats
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You can convert to these formats using the `-convert` option:
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- `txt` - Plain text
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- `rtf` - Rich Text Format
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- `rtfd` - RTF with attachments
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- `html` - HTML
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- `xml` - XML
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- `doc` - Microsoft Word
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- `docx` - Microsoft Word (newer)
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- `odt` - OpenDocument Text
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- `webarchive` - Web archive
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#### Common Usage Examples
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**Convert PDF to text:**
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```bash
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textutil -convert txt document.pdf
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textutil -convert txt document.pdf -output extracted.txt
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```
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**Convert Word doc to plain text:**
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```bash
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textutil -convert txt document.docx
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```
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**Convert multiple files:**
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```bash
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textutil -convert txt *.pdf
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textutil -convert html *.rtf
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```
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**Extract text from Pages document:**
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```bash
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textutil -convert txt document.pages -output text_version.txt
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```
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