Even better, try fzf instead: do `find . | fzf`

Same. I have an ’alias fgr=”find|grep”. Stupid but gets the job done.

Oh, I thought I was kind of dumb for doing that :) happy to see that it's normal haha. I always find myself trying to remember: is it one dash? is it "name" or "iname" or whatnot.. pipe grep is way easier.

What do you find difficult about using `find . -regex pattern`?

I just use "grep -R", sometimes with "-i" as well. Works for me 99% of the time.

It amazes me how long it took for alternatives like fd to emerge

The old ones must have caused years of wasted time