NAME


gnome-search-tool - the GNOME Search Tool

SYNOPSIS


gnome-search-tool [options]

or select Search for Files... from a Main Menu or from the Places menu in a Menu Bar

DESCRIPTION


GNOME Search Tool is a utility for finding files on your system. To perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename, with or without wildcards. To refine your search, you can apply additional search options.

GNOME Search Tool uses the find, grep, and locate UNIX commands. The case sensitivity of the search depends on your operating system. For example, on Linux, the find, grep, and locate commands support the -i option, so all searches are case-insensitive.

For full documentation see the GNOME Search Tool online help.

OPTIONS


--help Show help message
--named=STRING
 Set the text of "Name contains" search option
--path=PATH
 Set the text of "Look in folder" search option
--sortby=VALUE
 Sort files by one of the following: name, folder, size, type, or date
--descending
 Set sort order to descending, the default is ascending
--start Automatically start a search
--contains=STRING
 Select and set the "Contains the text" search option
--mtimeless=DAYS
 Select and set the "Date modified less than" search option
--mtimemore=DAYS
 Select and set the "Date modified more than" search option
--sizemore=KILOBYTES
 Select and set the "Size at least" search option
--sizeless=KILOBYTES
 Select and set the "Size at most" search option
--empty Select the "File is empty" search option
--user=USER
 Select and set the "Owned by user" search option
--group=GROUP
 Select and set the "Owned by group" search option
--nouser
 Select the "Owner is unrecognized" search option
--notnamed=STRING
 Select and set the "Name does not contain" search option
--regex=PATTERN
 Select and set the "Name matches regular expression" search option
--hidden
 Select the "Show hidden and backup files" search option
--follow
 Select the "Follow symbolic links" search option
--mounts
 Select the "Exclude other filesystems" search option

AUTHOR


GNOME Search Tool was originally written by George Lebl (<jirka@5z.com>). Version 2 was written by Dennis M. Cranston (<dennis_cranston@yahoo.com>).

This manual page was originally written by Jochen Voss <voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de>. Version 2 was written by Dennis M. Cranston (<dennis_cranston@yahoo.com>).

SEE ALSO


find(1), locate(1), grep(1)

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