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.\" mate-search-tool.1 - MATE Search Tool
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.\" Copyright 2001 Jochen Voss
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.TH mate-search-tool 1 "March 16 2009" "mate-utils 2.27.1"
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mate-search-tool \- the MATE Search Tool
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.B Search for Files...
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is a utility for finding files on your system. To perform a
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basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename,
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with or without wildcards. To refine your search, you can
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apply additional search options.
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uses the find, grep, and locate UNIX commands. The case
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sensitivity of the search depends on your operating
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system. For example, on Linux, the find, grep, and locate
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commands support the -i option, so all searches are
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For full documentation see the
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.BI "\-\-named=" STRING
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Set the text of "Name contains" search option
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Set the text of "Look in folder" search option
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.BI "\-\-sortby=" VALUE
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Sort files by one of the following: name, folder, size, type, or date
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Set sort order to descending, the default is ascending
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Automatically start a search
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.BI "\-\-contains=" STRING
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Select and set the "Contains the text" search option
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.BI "\-\-mtimeless=" DAYS
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Select and set the "Date modified less than" search option
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.BI "\-\-mtimemore=" DAYS
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Select and set the "Date modified more than" search option
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.BI "\-\-sizemore=" KILOBYTES
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Select and set the "Size at least" search option
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.BI "\-\-sizeless=" KILOBYTES
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Select and set the "Size at most" search option
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Select the "File is empty" search option
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Select and set the "Owned by user" search option
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.BI "\-\-group=" GROUP
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Select and set the "Owned by group" search option
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Select the "Owner is unrecognized" search option
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.BI "\-\-notnamed=" STRING
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Select and set the "Name does not contain" search option
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.BI "\-\-regex=" PATTERN
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Select and set the "Name matches regular expression" search option
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Select the "Show hidden and backup files" search option
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Select the "Follow symbolic links" search option
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Select the "Exclude other filesystems" search option
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was originally written by George Lebl (<jirka@5z.com>).
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Version 2 was written by Dennis M. Cranston
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(<dennis_cranston@yahoo.com>).
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This manual page was originally written by Jochen Voss
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<voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de>. Version 2 was written by
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Dennis M. Cranston (<dennis_cranston@yahoo.com>).