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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# case-insensitive search for $1, maybe in dir $2 | |
case "$#" in | |
0) echo "usage: $(basename $0) PATTERN [DIR]" | |
echo "" | |
echo " Lists paths of files matching PATTERN in DIR or below" | |
;; | |
1) exec mdfind "kMDItemDisplayName == '$1'c" | |
;; | |
*) exec mdfind "kMDItemDisplayName == '$1'c" -onlyin "$2" | |
;; | |
esac |
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