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1.8 Finding Data on Your Computer or in the File System
GNOME provides several ways to find data on your computer or in the file
system. With Beagle (also called Desktop Search), you can easily search
your personal information space (usually your home folder) to find
documents, e-mails, Web history, IM/ITC conversations, source code,
images, music files, applications, and much more.
To locate files on your computer, click ,
enter your search terms in the field, then
press Enter. The results are displayed in the
Desktop Search dialog box.
You can use the results lists to open a file, forward it via e-mail, or
display it in the file manager. Simply right-click an item in the results
list and select the option you want. The options available for an item
depend on the type of file it is. Clicking a file in the list displays a
preview of the file and information such as the title, path, and date the
file was last modified or accessed.
For more information, see Section 4.0, Searching with Beagle.
With Search for Files, you can locate files on your computer or in the
file system using a variety of search criteria, such as file content,
date, owner, or file size. Start it by clicking .
1.8.1 Searching for Files
Using on the
menu, you can locate files on your computer or
on a network share using any number of search criteria.
Search for Files uses the find, grep, and locate UNIX commands, and all
searches are case insensitive.
You can also open the Search for Files dialog by entering the following
command in a terminal window:
gnome-search-tool
Performing a Basic Search
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Click .
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Type the search text in the field.
The search text can be a filename or partial filename, with or
without wildcards, as shown in the following table:
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In the field, type the path to the
directory where you want Search for Files to begin the search.
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Click .
Search for Files searches in the directory that you specify (and any
subdirectories of the directory) and displays the results of the search
in the Search Results list. If Search for Files does not find any files
that match the search criteria, the application displays the message
No files found in the Search results list.
Adding Search Options
Use to search by file content,
dates, owner, or file size.
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Click .
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Type the search text in the field.
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In the field, type the path to the
directory where you want Search for Files to begin the search.
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Click , then click
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Select a search option that you want to apply, then click
.
The following options are available:
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Specify the required search information for the search option.
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To remove a search option from the current search, click the
button next to the option.
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Click .
Using the Search Results List
You can use the Search Results list to open or delete a file found
during a search, or you can save the search results to a file.
To open a file displayed in the Search Results list, right-click the
file, then click or double-click the file. To
open the folder that contains a file displayed in the Search Results
list, right-click the file, then click .
To delete a file displayed in the Search Results list, right-click the
file, then click .
To save the results of the last search that Search for Files performed,
right-click anywhere in the Search results list, then click
. Type a name for the file that the
results are saved to, then click .
Disabling Quick Searches
By default, Search for Files tries to speed up some searches by using
the locate command. locate
provides a secure way to index and quickly search for files. Because
locate relies on a file index, the Search Results
list might not be up to date. To disable quick searches, run the
following command in a terminal window:
# gconftool-2 --type=bool --set
/apps/gnome-search-tool/disable_quick_search 1
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