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Built-in find doesn't support -regex and -regextype #2882
Description
Description
Use find command with -regex on Windows, the built-in find command doesn't support it
Since i use uutils/findutils, the currently workaround is using $(which find) (with which installed on windows)
Version
3.51.1, 3.52 nightly
Operating system
Windows
Experiments Enabled
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Example Taskfile
version: '3'
tasks:
test:
- find . -regex '.*\.h'
Activity
trulede commentedon Jun 13, 2026
The call here does not support regex:
https://github.com/u-root/u-root/blob/72c6ff77a6a912fea5d63a6a87eef531596cb0e8/cmds/core/find/find.go#L159
The underlying package of course does:
https://github.com/u-root/u-root/blob/main/pkg/core/find/find.go#L95
@Pistonight you may want to open an issue at the above repo, and either provide a PR or kindly ask for assistance. I will label this issue accordingly. Link back to the issue/pr here so we can be informed when the change is available.