User Commands gnome-search-tool(1)
NAME
gnome-search-tool - search for files
SYNOPSIS
gnome-search-tool [--named=text] [--path=folder] [--
sortby=order] [--descending] [--contains=string] [--
user=user] [--nouser] [--allmounts] [--empty] [--follow] [-
-group=group] [--hidden] [--mtimeless=date] [--
mtimemore=date] [--notnamed=filename] [--regex=pattern] [--
sizeless=size] [--sizemore=size] [--start] [gnome-std-
options]
DESCRIPTION
The Search for Files application enables you to search for
files on your system. Search for Files uses the find(1) com-
mand.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
--allmounts Select the 'Search other filesys-
tems' search constraint.
--contains=string Select the 'Contains the text'
search constraint and set the text
of that entry. Use a full filename
or a partial filename with wild-
cards. See find(1) for more details
about using wildcards.
--descending Set sort order to descending. The
default sort order is ascending.
--empty Select the 'File is empty' search
constraint.
--follow Select the 'Follow symbolic links'
search constraint.
--group=group Select the 'Owned by group' search
constraint and set the text of that
entry.
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--hidden Select the 'Show hidden and backup
files' search option.
--mtimeless=date Select the 'Date modified before
(days)' search constraint and set
the text of that entry.
--mtimemore=date Select the 'Date modified after
(days)' search constraint and set
the text of that entry.
--named=text Set the text of the 'Name contains'
search option.
--notnamed=filename Select the 'File is not named'
search constraint and set the text
of that entry. Use a full filename
or a partial filename with wild-
cards. See find(1) for more details
about using wildcards.
--nouser Select the 'Owner is unrecognized'
search constraint.
--path=folder Set the text of the 'Look in folder'
entry. Defaults to the current work-
ing directory.
--start Automatically start a search.
--regex=pattern Select the 'File matches regular
expression' search constraint and
set the text of that entry. See
find(1) for more details about the
regular expression patterns that can
be used.
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--sizeless=size Select the 'Size is less than (kilo-
bytes)' search constraint and set
the text of that entry.
--sizemore=size Select the 'Size is more than (kilo-
bytes)' search constraint and set
the text of that entry.
--sortby=order Sort files by one of the following:
name, folder, size, type, or date.
--user=user Select the 'Owned by user' search
constraint and set the text of that
entry.
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use
with most GNOME applications. See
gnome-std-options(5) for more infor-
mation.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Performing a basic search automatically
example% gnome-search-tool --name=a.out --path=$HOME --autostart
Example 2: Performing an advanced search automatically
example% gnome-search-tool --contains=unistd.h --mtimeless=3 --sortby=size --autostart
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
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The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-search-tool Executable for Search for
Files
ATRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
butes:
ATRIBUTE TYPE ATRIBUTE VALUE
Availability SUNWgnome-search-tool
Interface stability Volatile
SEE ALSO
Search for Files Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your
platform.
find(1), gnome-std-options(5)
NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.
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