how do you find files in zenwalk?

tsuren · 09-21-2006, 04:48 PM

sorry... but i need to ask you guys really a silly question. i don't know how to find files, like searching files, doc, pics and so on. i know there is a app finder, but that only finds applications, no?

anyway, thanks for helping me out for this rather silly question. i am ashamed...

guth · 09-21-2006, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsuren

sorry... but i need to ask you guys really a silly question. i don't know how to find files, like searching files, doc, pics and so on. i know there is a app finder, but that only finds applications, no?

anyway, thanks for helping me out for this rather silly question. i am ashamed...

As i'm a CLI man i only know the CLI methods, but i'm sure thereis graphicals ones...
Anyway:

find ROOT_PATH_OF_SEARCH -name NAME_OR_PART_OF_NAME
ex:
find / -name 'X11'
find /etc/rc.d -name 'rc.*'

or:
locate NAME_OR_PART_OF_NAME
(before you have to do (as root) : updatedb)

more infos:
man find
man locate

Sorry no much time to explain everything in details

tsuren · 09-21-2006, 06:03 PM

ah... great!
guth, thanks so much! i got it now! i am not that bothered about GUI ones. but i am a bit curious. where is it in zenwalk? it's not easy to find if there's one. or maybe i am blind.

i wish there could be ones like Mac's. i forgot how it's called...

jstephens84 · 09-22-2006, 03:19 PM

The terminal button is next to the xfce menu button.

tsuren · 09-22-2006, 05:21 PM

jstephens84... thanks

but i was not looking for the terminal button. i was referring to the gui FIND FILES button. i don't see that kind of button in xfce...

pete_bogg · 09-25-2006, 11:45 AM

An even better CLI would be to use 'slocate'. To do so, do the following:

# touch /var/lib/slocate/slocate.db
# updatedb

At that point, any user can search by doing the following:

$ slocate <partial file name>

Every so often update the database by doing the following:

# updatedb

guth · 09-25-2006, 04:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pete_bogg

An even better CLI would be to use 'slocate'.

i purposed "locate", and :

Code:

guth[~]$ which locate
/usr/bin/locate
guth[~]$ la /usr/bin/locate
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2006-05-24 15:49 /usr/bin/locate -> slocate
guth[~]$

darkscot · 09-26-2006, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guth

As i'm a CLI man i only know the CLI methods, but i'm sure thereis graphicals ones...

If there is it is really, really well hidden!

tsuren · 09-26-2006, 04:28 AM

pete_bogg and guth!

thanks sooo much! great helps! now i can find any files i want to find... MUAHAHAHAHA!

petersum · 10-12-2006, 03:42 PM

There isn't a graphical "Find Files" but there SHOULD be one! Zenwalk developers please note!

You can steal one from any other distribution using Xfce as its standard WM. Try Slax Popcorn!

tsuren · 10-12-2006, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by petersum

There isn't a graphical "Find Files" but there SHOULD be one! Zenwalk developers please note!

You can steal one from any other distribution using Xfce as its standard WM. Try Slax Popcorn!

without using slax, how exactly can i steal "find files" from it?

thanks

petersum · 10-13-2006, 04:08 PM

Slax popcorn is the smallest download to make a liveCD. It's pretty good too! I use it as a back-up solution for when my main distribution changes or fails.

You will need to copy /usr/bin/xffm and /usr/bin/xfglob4 (a link) plus the libraries. "ldd xffm" will show what you need.

Alternatively, these files MUST be available somewhere for direct download. Google a bit!

tsuren · 10-14-2006, 09:48 AM

thanks petersum! i will take a look.

have a good weekend!

AxXium · 11-02-2006, 11:39 AM

Hi,

Once of the devs has recently built a Zenwalk package for "SearchMonkey" which is a GUI Frontend for the commands "find" and "grep". It is a really small application, around 99 KB. If you are intersted in trying this new package you can find more information on it in the ZenCommunity forum. That forum is centered around extra packages that are built by both Zenwalk users and developers. It is a building and testing ground. Once the packages are accepted there I upload them to the server dir where they are accessible by both netpkg and Gslapt at this link: http://users.zenwalk.org/packages/

Give it a try.

-Axxium