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Catfish for file search? - seoneal7 - 10-19-2014

Unless I've missed it, Linux Lite doesn't come with a utility for searching the file system. Is there any reason why this might be?


Re: Catfish for file search? - Valtam - 10-19-2014

Menu, System, Install Additional Software, File & Folder Search.

Re: Catfish for file search? - seoneal7 - 10-19-2014

Okay. I feel silly. Thank you. 

Re: Catfish for file search? - joebee - 11-03-2014

You can also install gnome-search-tool from the synaptic package manager and compare it to catfish.

Re: Catfish for file search? - rokytnji - 11-03-2014

Code:
$ apt show catfish
Package: catfish
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 744 kB
Maintainer: Jackson Doak <noskcaj@ubuntu.com>
Version: 1.0.2-2
Depends: python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~), gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-pango-1.0, gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, python3-gi-cairo, python3-pexpect
Recommends: mlocate | locate
Download-Size: 69.0 kB
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/catfish-search
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop
APT-Sources: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages
Description: File searching tool which is configurable via the command line
Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and UNIX.
The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only Gtk+3.
You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.

Use the search box to install it via synaptic package manager if you wish to install it. I find it faster though using

Code:
$ locate libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

Try the locate command. It will teach you something. "locate bash", "locate wget" , "locate mumble".