What I usually type:
find . -name "*pattern*"
what I want to type (for example. mnemonic = “all”):
afind . -name "pattern"
or
find . -aname "pattern"
I was just thinking there could be a shortcut like in the style of
find . -iname "blah"
or
rgrep instead of grep -r
Even though, like the grep example, it only saves a couple of characters, they are shifted characters not as easy to type, and it is a commonly used search, probably.
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Answer
You’d have to roll your own. e.g.:
$ afind () { find "$1" -name "*$2*"; } $ afind . partial ./dir/apartialmatch
You can add the definition to your .profile or whatever so that it’s always available.