A less discriminatory search tool

Goatdemon · 07-02-2002, 12:29 AM

i'm in need of a gnew search tool. the gnome search tool doesn't work very well... for me that is. i would like something similar to the windows search tool. for example, in windows if i were to search for "rune" it would bring up rune.exe, rune.txt, and even prune.jpg. any help would be greatly appreciated.

HowlinMad · 07-02-2002, 12:58 AM

Try locate

$locate <search term>

Of course make sure to run updatedb if it is not already in a cron jod for you.

Goatdemon · 07-02-2002, 02:08 AM

cron jod?

acid_kewpie · 07-02-2002, 09:55 AM

check the cron man page. he meant job not jod anyway. it just keeps the file database upto date by rebuilding it daily or whenever

pickledbeans · 07-02-2002, 11:31 AM

the basic unix search tool is "find". the most basic use is:

find / -name rune
or
find / -name "rune*"

find like most Unix tool is powerfull so see man page for details.