rtk-ai/rtk

rtk may fail with complex Shell commands.

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#1471 opened on Apr 23, 2026

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Description

Ran rtk find . -type f ( -name '.log' -o -name '.env' -o -name '.env.local' -o -name '.DS_Store' -o -name │ '.tmp.langgraph.docker.json' -o -path '/.tmp/' -o -path '/.playwright-cli/' -o -path '/pycache/' -o -path │ '/.pytest_cache/*' ) | sed 's#^./##' | sort | head -n 300 └ rtk: rtk find does not support compound predicates or actions (e.g. -not, -exec). Use find directly.

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Tech stack
rustshell
Domain
clitooling
Issue type
bug
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3
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half day
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fresh
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clear
Prerequisites
basic RustCLI argument parsing
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
The issue reports that `rtk find` fails with compound predicates like `\( name '*.log' o name '.env' \)`. Currently, rtk does not support these. To fix, examine how rtk parses the `find` command arguments in its CLI parsing logic (likely in `src/cli.rs` or similar). The fix involves extending the parser to handle grouped predicates and actions. Consider looking at how the `find` command syntax is tokenized and implemented.