walking a directory with very many files

[Steven D'Aprano]

Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

>> Ok, now pipe ls to less, take three days to browse through all the
>> filenames to locate the file you want to see.
> 
> Sounds like you're approaching the issue with a GUI-centric mentality,
> which is completely hopeless at dealing with this sort of situation.

Piping the output of ls to less is a GUI-centric mentality?


-- 
Steven