Find Flash videos stored by browsers on a Mac

find /private/ 2>/dev/null | grep /Flash

August 5, 2011 — bashoneliners

Explanation

When you watch a flash video like youtube in a browser, the video file is saved on your harddisk at a temporary location. And, if you watch a video and then another video in the same window, the first one will be deleted.

Limitations

Might not work with all browsers.
Does not work with all websites (for example IMDB).
Does not work with an anonymous window in Chrome.

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