[seoneal7]

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?

[valtam]

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

[seoneal7]

Okay. I feel silly. Thank you. 

[joebee]

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

[rokytnji]

Code:

$ apt show catfish Package: catfish Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Installed-Size: 744 kB Maintainer: Jackson Doak <[email protected]> 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".