Caveat
Written by Emmanuel BENOÎT - Created on 2026-09-05
Sure, it's memory-safe and faster under some conditions, but...
❯ ls -1sh findutils-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/find $(which find)
3.2M findutils-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/find
228K /usr/bin/find
And just to be completely honest:
❯ strip findutils-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/find
❯ ls -1sh findutils-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/find $(which find)
2.8M findutils-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/find
228K /usr/bin/find
Bloat, coming to basic system utilities near you.