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grep-based phrase search with Spotlight (See related posts)

Some examples:


# for mdfind "phrase* " and "phrase! " also work, but not "phrase ! "
mdfind -0 -onlyin ~ "phrase This is a" | xargs -0 grep -ails -E 'This is a phrase!'


mdfind -0 "It's just $8.99!" | xargs -0 grep -ails -E "It's just \\\$8\\.99\\!"


mdfind -0 'Fr\303\251d\303\251ric Chopin' | xargs -0 grep -ails -Z -E 'Fr.d.ric Chopin' | \
xargs -0 basename
to regex shell osx mac by jv on Fri Mar 10 11:10:29 +0000 2006

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