Re: [Avid-L2] Way OT: searching for 'packages' but not folder/directories or files.

Try searching each drive by putting a dot in the search field of a
finder window and then sort by kind.

Marcel


On 08/04/2021 17:26, Jay Mahavier via groups.io wrote:
> This is super extra OT, but hoping that I can find some help here that doesn't go to far unix guru (because I'm not that smart).
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> I'm on a Mac, OS 10.13, and I want to search through some old backup drives and find all the 'packages' but just the packages and not things that identify as regular folder/directories or regular files.
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> Packages being things like Applications, .photolibraries, installer packages, etc. They are technically a directory, like a folder, but present at a file. So if you do a command line list (ls -l) they have a d upfront. And at the finder level if you right click on them you get an option to show package contents.
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> So I'm looking for a way to find anything that is in this weird category, but I don't want to find 'normal' directories and files.
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> Does anyone have any tips, tricks, or tools to help me do this?
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> Thank you very much.
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> Jay
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