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Search for files in Linux Mint 14 (Cinnamon Edition)
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:41 pm
by jarble
Is there any way to search for files in Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon Edition? I still haven't figured out how to search for files from the Start menu.
Re: Search for files in Linux Mint 14 (Cinnamon Edition)
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:58 pm
by Nefter
I use CTRL+F while browsing files in Nemo (default file manager) to find files by name.
If youre familiar with terminal, you can use "find" command to specify what exactly you want.
Re: Search for files in Linux Mint 14 (Cinnamon Edition)
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:45 am
by Nick Payne
I use gnome-search-tool. With it you can perform filename searches within a directory structure, and also add further options such as search for specified text in the files and by size, date, etc.
If it's not already installed:
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sudo apt-get install gnome-search-tool
Re: Search for files in Linux Mint 14 (Cinnamon Edition)
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:38 am
by 3.14159
I typically use "locate" in a terminal to find things. I'm lazy that way.
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localhost ~ $ locate ./ smb.conf
/etc/samba/smb.conf
/etc/samba/smb.conf.master
/etc/samba/smb.conf.old
/usr/share/doc/nemo-share/examples/smb.conf
/usr/share/man/man5/smb.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/samba/smb.conf
/var/lib/ucf/cache/:etc:samba:smb.conf
In any case, good luck!
Re: Search for files in Linux Mint 14 (Cinnamon Edition)
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:06 pm
by altair4
Nick Payne wrote:I use gnome-search-tool. With it you can perform filename searches within a directory structure, and also add further options such as search for specified text in the files and by size, date, etc.
If it's not already installed:
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sudo apt-get install gnome-search-tool
Don't know if anyone's interested but after you do what Nick Payne suggested you might want to try this:
[1] Create a file in the nemo-scripts folder:
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gedit $HOME/.gnome2/nemo-scripts/Find
[2] Add this contents:
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#!/bin/sh
exec gnome-search-tool --hidden --contains= --path="$(echo $NEMO_SCRIPT_SELECTED_FILE_PATHS)"
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chmod +x $HOME/.gnome2/nemo-scripts/Find
[3] If you have Nemo open close it and open it again.
Now go to a folder > Right Click > Scripts > Find. If I did this right it should open up gnome-search-tool to that folder so you can limit your searchs to specific folders through nemo.
Re: Search for files in Linux Mint 14 (Cinnamon Edition)
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:31 pm
by elcico
Now (linuxmint 17) you can also use the package called tracker, that also allows text search inside files.
Namastè _/\_