1gnome-search-tool(1) General Commands Manual gnome-search-tool(1)
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6 gnome-search-tool - the GNOME Search Tool
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9 gnome-search-tool [options]
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11 or select Search for Files... from a Main Menu or from the Places menu
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15 GNOME Search Tool is a utility for finding files on your system. To
16 perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename,
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20 GNOME Search Tool uses the find, grep, and locate UNIX commands. The
21 case sensitivity of the search depends on your operating system. For
22 example, on Linux, the find, grep, and locate commands support the -i
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25 For full documentation see the GNOME Search Tool online help.
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31 --named=STRING
32 Set the text of "Name contains" search option
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34 --path=PATH
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44 --start
45 Automatically start a search
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53 --mtimemore=DAYS
54 Select and set the "Date modified more than" search option
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63 Select the "File is empty" search option
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72 Select the "Owner is unrecognized" search option
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82 Select the "Show hidden and backup files" search option
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91 GNOME Search Tool was originally written by George Lebl
92 (<jirka@5z.com>). Version 2 was written by Dennis M. Cranston (<den‐
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95 This manual page was originally written by Jochen Voss <voss@mathe‐
96 matik.uni-kl.de>. Version 2 was written by Dennis M. Cranston (<den‐
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