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Find files by name, type or content

KFind can be used as a standalone file search tool, launched by KRunner or from your menu. It is also integrated into Konqueror and Dolphin as Find File in the Tools menu. Being equipped with a graphical user interface, it is often handier than the command line tool named find which requires advanced skills in instruction syntax formulation.

A search is configured in a 3-tab window.

The Name/Location tab

Specify a file name
- use wildcards * and ? in the name
Specify a starting directory
Decide whether you want to also search sub-directories
Specify whether the search should be case-sensitive
Specify whether hidden files to be shown as well

The Contents tab

Select the file type to be search
Specify the search term
- it can be useful to have '*' set in the file name field in the Name/Location tab
Select case sensitivity
Should binary files be searched?

Note

A Contents search is necessarily much slower than a filename search, so be as specific as you can when defining it.

The Properties tab

Find files by creation date
Limit the criteria by age - e.g. "during the previous 2 hours"
Find files by size - e.g. "At Least 2 MB"
Limit the result to files owned by a specific user or group

All criteria set will be honoured in your search - you are not limited to the specifications in one tab, so you could search for any file in the directory /home or any directory below that, containing the word "Silkstone" which must be capitalized, and is owned by the group "Accounts".

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+'''KFind''' can be used as a standalone file search tool, launched by '''[[Special:myLanguage/KRunner|KRunner]]''' or from your menu.  It is also integrated into '''[[Special:myLanguage/Konqueror|Konqueror]]''' and '''[[Special:myLanguage/Dolphin|Dolphin]]''' as <menuchoice>Find File</menuchoice> in the <menuchoice>Tools</menuchoice> menu. Being equipped with a graphical user interface, it is often handier than the command line tool named find which requires advanced skills in instruction syntax formulation.
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+A search is configured in a 3-tab window.
-'''KFind''' can be used as a standalone search tool, launched by [[KRunner]] or from your menu.  It is also integrated into Konqueror and Dolphin, under the name "Find File".
+<!--T:4-->
+The <menuchoice>Name/Location</menuchoice> tab
+* Specify a file name
+** use wildcards * and ? in the name
+* Specify a starting directory
+* Decide whether you want to also search sub-directories
+* Specify whether the search should be case-sensitive
+* Specify whether hidden files to be shown as well
-A search is configured in a 3-tab window.
-:The '''Name/Location''' tab
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-::* Specify a file name
+The <menuchoice>Contents</menuchoice> tab
-::** use wildcards * and ? in the name
+* Select the file type to be search
-::* Specify a starting directory
+* Specify the search term
-::* Decide whether you want to also search sub-directories
+** it can be useful to have '*' set in the file name field in the Name/Location tab
-::* Specify whether the search should be case-sensitive
+* Select case sensitivity
+* Should binary files be searched?
-:The '''Contents''' tab
+<!--T:6-->
-::* Select the file type to be search
+{{Note|A <menuchoice>Contents</menuchoice> search is necessarily much slower than a filename search, so be as specific as you can when defining it.}}
-::* Specify the search term
-::** it can be useful to have '*' set in the file name field in the Name/Location tab
-::* Select case sensitivity
-::* Should binary files be searched?
-'''NB''' A "Contents" search is necessarily much slower than a filename search, so be as specific as you can when defining it.
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+The <menuchoice>Properties</menuchoice> tab
+* Find files by creation date
+* Limit the criteria by age - e.g. "during the previous 2 hours"
+* Find files by size - e.g. "At Least 2 MB"
+* Limit the result to files owned by a specific user or group
-:The '''Properties''' tab
+<!--T:8-->
-::* Find files by creation date
+All criteria set will be honoured in your search - you are not limited to the specifications in one tab, so you could search for any file in the directory /home or any directory below that, containing the word "Silkstone" which must be capitalized, and is owned by the group "Accounts".
-::* Limit the criteria by age - e.g. "during the previous 2 hours"
-::* Find files by size - e.g. "At Least 2 MB"
-::* Limit the result to files owned by a specific user or group
-All criteria set will be honoured in your search - you are not limited to the specifications in one tab, so you could search for "any file in the directory /home or any directory below that, containing the word "Silkstone" which must be capitalized, and is owned by the group "Accounts".
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+[[Category:Utilities]]
+[[Category:File Management]]
+[[Category:Help]]
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