1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 2<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ 3<!ENTITY legal SYSTEM "legal.xml"> 4<!ENTITY appversion "1.10"> 5<!ENTITY manrevision "1.10"> 6<!ENTITY date "July 2015"> 7<!ENTITY app "Search for Files"> 8<!ENTITY ug "MATE Desktop User Guide"> 9]> 10<!-- 11 (Do not remove this comment block.) 12 Maintained by the MATE Documentation Project 13 http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/dev-doc:doc-team-guide 14 Template version: 2.0 beta 15 Template last modified Jan 25, 2005 16--> 17<!-- =============Document Header ============================= --> 18<article id="index" lang="gu"> 19<!-- please do not change the id; for translations, change lang to --> 20<!-- appropriate code --> 21 <articleinfo> 22 <title lang="en">Search for Files Manual</title> 23 24 <abstract role="description"> 25 <para lang="en"> 26 A search tool to find files, folders and documents on your computer. 27 </para> 28 </abstract> 29 30 <copyright lang="en"> 31 <year>2015-2021</year> 32 <holder>MATE Documentation Project</holder> 33 </copyright> 34 <copyright lang="en"> 35 <year>2005</year> 36 <holder>Dennis Cranston</holder> 37 </copyright> 38 <copyright lang="en"> 39 <year>2002</year> 40 <year>2003</year> 41 <year>2004</year> 42 <holder>Sun Microsystems</holder> 43 </copyright> 44 <copyright lang="en"> 45 <year>2000</year> 46 <holder>Alexander Kirillov</holder> 47 </copyright> 48<!-- translators: uncomment this: 49 50 <copyright> 51 <year>2002</year> 52 <holder>ME-THE-TRANSLATOR (Latin translation)</holder> 53 </copyright> 54 55 --> 56 <publisher> 57 <publishername lang="en">MATE Documentation Project</publishername> 58 </publisher> 59 <publisher> 60 <publishername lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</publishername> 61 </publisher> 62 63 64 65 <authorgroup> 66 <author role="maintainer" lang="en"> 67 <surname>MATE Documentation Team</surname> 68 <affiliation> 69 <orgname>Search for Files Maintainer</orgname> 70 </affiliation> 71 </author> 72 <author lang="en"> 73 <firstname>Dennis</firstname> 74 <surname>Cranston</surname> 75 <affiliation> 76 <orgname>Search for Files Maintainer</orgname> 77 <address lang="en">dennis_cranston@yahoo.com</address> 78 </affiliation> 79 </author> 80 <author lang="en"> 81 <firstname>Sun</firstname> 82 <surname>GNOME Documentation Team</surname> 83 <affiliation> 84 <orgname>Sun Microsystems</orgname> 85 <address/> 86 </affiliation> 87 </author> 88 <author lang="en"> 89 <firstname>Alexander</firstname> 90 <surname>Kirillov</surname> 91 <affiliation> 92 <orgname>GNOME Documentation Project</orgname> 93 <address> <email>kirillov@math.sunysb.edu</email> </address> 94 </affiliation> 95 </author> 96<!-- This is appropriate place for other contributors: translators, 97 maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. 98 <othercredit role="translator"> 99 <firstname>Latin</firstname> 100 <surname>Translator 1</surname> 101 <affiliation> 102 <orgname>Latin Translation Team</orgname> 103 <address> <email>translator@gnome.org</email> </address> 104 </affiliation> 105 <contrib>Latin translation</contrib> 106 </othercredit> 107--> 108 </authorgroup> 109 110 <revhistory> 111 <!-- <revision> 112 <revnumber>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber> 113 <date>&date;</date> 114 <revdescription> 115 <para role="author">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 116 <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para> 117 </revdescription> 118 </revision> 119--> 120 <revision lang="en"> 121 <revnumber>Search for Files Manual V1.10</revnumber> 122 <date>July 2015</date> 123 <revdescription> 124 <para role="author" lang="en">Wolfgang Ulbrich 125 </para> 126 <para role="publisher" lang="en">Search for Files Maintainer</para> 127 </revdescription> 128 </revision> 129 <revision lang="en"> 130 <revnumber>Search for Files Manual V2.7</revnumber> 131 <date>June 2005</date> 132 <revdescription> 133 <para role="author" lang="en">Joachim Noreiko 134 <email>jnoreiko@yahoo.com</email> 135 </para> 136 <para role="publisher" lang="en">Search for Files Maintainer</para> 137 </revdescription> 138 </revision> 139 <revision lang="en"> 140 <revnumber>Search for Files Manual V2.6</revnumber> 141 <date>January 2005</date> 142 <revdescription> 143 <para role="author" lang="en">Dennis Cranston 144 <email>dennis_cranston@yahoo.com</email> 145 </para> 146 <para role="publisher" lang="en">Search for Files Maintainer</para> 147 </revdescription> 148 </revision> 149 <revision lang="en"> 150 <revnumber>Search for Files Manual V2.4</revnumber> 151 <date>February 2004</date> 152 <revdescription> 153 <para role="author" lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 154 <para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 155 </revdescription> 156 </revision> 157 <revision lang="en"> 158 <revnumber>Search for Files Manual V2.3</revnumber> 159 <date>September 2002</date> 160 <revdescription> 161 <para role="author" lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 162 <para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 163 </revdescription> 164 </revision> 165 <revision lang="en"> 166 <revnumber>Search for Filesl Manual V2.2</revnumber> 167 <date>August 2002</date> 168 <revdescription> 169 <para role="author" lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 170 <para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 171 </revdescription> 172 </revision> 173 <revision lang="en"> 174 <revnumber>Search for Files Manual V2.1</revnumber> 175 <date>July 2002</date> 176 <revdescription> 177 <para role="author" lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 178 <para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 179 </revdescription> 180 </revision> 181 <revision lang="en"> 182 <revnumber>Search for Files Manual V2.0</revnumber> 183 <date>May 2002</date> 184 <revdescription> 185 <para role="author" lang="en">Sun GNOME Documentation Team</para> 186 <para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 187 </revdescription> 188 </revision> 189 <revision lang="en"> 190 <revnumber>Search for Files Manual</revnumber> 191 <date>2000</date> 192 <revdescription> 193 <para role="author" lang="en">Alexander Kirillov 194 <email>kirillov@math.sunysb.edu</email> 195 </para> 196 <para role="publisher" lang="en">GNOME Documentation Project</para> 197 </revdescription> 198 </revision> 199 </revhistory> 200 201 <releaseinfo lang="en">This manual describes version 1.10 of Search for Files. 202 </releaseinfo> 203 <legalnotice> 204 <title lang="en">Feedback</title> 205 <para lang="en">To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the Search for Files application or this manual, follow the directions in the <ulink url="help:mate-user-guide/feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback Page</ulink>. 206 </para> 207<!-- Translators may also add here feedback address for translations --> 208 </legalnotice> 209 </articleinfo> 210 211 <indexterm lang="en"> 212 <primary>Search Tool</primary> 213 </indexterm> 214 215<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= --> 216<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== --> 217 218 <sect1 id="gsearchtool-introduction"> 219 <title>પરિચય</title> 220 <para lang="en">The <application>Search for Files</application> application enables you to search for files on your system. To perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename, with or without wildcards. To refine your search, you can apply additional search options.</para> 221 <para lang="en"><application>Search for Files</application> uses the <command>find</command>, <command>grep</command>, and <command>locate</command> UNIX commands. By default, when performing a basic search <application>Search for Files</application> first uses the <command>locate</command> command, and then uses the slower but more thorough <command>find</command> command.</para> 222 <para lang="en">The case sensitivity of the search depends on your operating system. For example, on Linux, the <command>find</command>, <command>grep</command>, and <command>locate</command> commands support the <literal>-i</literal> option, so all searches are case-insensitive.</para> 223 </sect1> 224 225 <sect1 id="gsearchtool-getting-started"> 226 <title lang="en">Getting Started</title> 227 228 <para lang="en">You can start <application>Search for Files</application> in the following ways: 229 </para> 230 <variablelist> 231 <varlistentry> 232 <term lang="en">From a <guimenu>Menu Bar</guimenu> on a panel</term> 233 <listitem> 234 <para lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Places</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Search for Files...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> 235 </listitem> 236 </varlistentry> 237 <varlistentry> 238 <term lang="en">From a <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu> on a panel</term> 239 <listitem> 240 <para lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guimenuitem>Search for Files...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para> 241 </listitem> 242 </varlistentry> 243 <varlistentry> 244 <term lang="en">From a command line</term> 245 <listitem> 246 <para lang="en">Execute the following command: <command>mate-search-tool</command></para> 247 <para> 248 </para> 249 </listitem> 250 </varlistentry> 251 </variablelist> 252 253 <para lang="en">When you start <application>Search for Files</application>, the following window is displayed.</para> 254 255 <!-- ==== Figure ==== --> 256 <figure id="mainwindow-fig"> 257 <title lang="en">Search for Files Window</title> 258 <screenshot> 259 <mediaobject lang="en"> 260 <imageobject><imagedata fileref="figures/mate-search-tool_window.png" format="PNG"/> 261 </imageobject> 262 <textobject> 263 <phrase>Shows Search for Files main window. </phrase> 264 </textobject> 265 </mediaobject> 266 </screenshot> 267 </figure> 268 <!-- ==== End of Figure ==== --> 269 270 </sect1> 271 272<!-- ================ Usage ================================ --> 273 274 <sect1 id="gsearchtool-usage"> 275 <title>વપરાશ</title> 276 277 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-simple"> 278 <title lang="en">To Perform a Basic Search</title> 279 280 <para lang="en">To perform a basic search for a file on the system, perform the following steps:</para> 281 <orderedlist> 282 <listitem><para lang="en">Enter the search text in the <guilabel>Name contains</guilabel> field. The search text can be a filename or partial filename, with or without wildcards, as shown in the following table:</para> 283 284 <informaltable frame="all"> 285 <tgroup cols="3" colsep="1" rowsep="1"> 286 <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="33*"/> 287 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="33*"/> 288 <colspec colname="COLSPEC2" colwidth="34*"/> 289 <thead> 290 <row valign="top"> 291 <entry colname="COLSPEC0"> 292 <para lang="en">Name Contains Text</para></entry> 293 <entry colname="COLSPEC1"> 294 <para lang="en">Example</para></entry> 295 <entry colname="COLSPEC2"> 296 <para lang="en">Result</para></entry> 297 </row> 298 </thead> 299 <tbody> 300 <row valign="top"> 301 <entry> 302 <para lang="en">Full or partial filename 303 </para> 304 </entry> 305 <entry> 306 <para lang="en"><userinput>myfile.txt</userinput> 307 </para> 308 </entry> 309 <entry> 310 <para lang="en"><application>Search for Files</application> searches for all files that contain the text <userinput>myfile.txt</userinput> in the filename. 311 </para> 312 </entry> 313 </row> 314 <row valign="top"> 315 <entry> 316 <para lang="en">Partial filename combined with wildcards (*, [, ]) 317 </para> 318 </entry> 319 <entry> 320 <para lang="en"><userinput>*.[ch]</userinput> 321 </para> 322 </entry> 323 <entry> 324 <para lang="en"><application>Search for Files</application> searches for all files that have extension <userinput>.c</userinput> or <userinput>.h</userinput>. 325 </para> 326 </entry> 327 </row> 328 </tbody> 329 </tgroup> 330 </informaltable> 331 </listitem> 332 <listitem><para lang="en">In the <guilabel>Look in folder</guilabel> field, select the folder or device from which you want <application>Search for Files</application> to begin the search. 333</para></listitem> 334 <listitem><para lang="en">Click <guibutton>Find</guibutton> to perform the search. </para> 335 </listitem> 336 </orderedlist> 337 <para lang="en"> 338 <application>Search for Files</application> searches in the directory that you specify and the subdirectories of the directory. 339<application>Search for Files</application> displays the results of the search in the <guilabel>Search results</guilabel> list box. If <application>Search for Files</application> does not find any files that match the search criteria, the application displays the message "No files found" in the <guilabel>Search results</guilabel> list box. 340</para> 341 <para lang="en">By default, <application>Search for Files</application> will perform a quick search using the <command>locate</command> command followed by a more thorough second search using the <command>find</command> command. The <command>locate</command> command is faster because it uses a database of information about files. If this database is more than a week old, <application>Search for Files</application> could warn you that the search results may be out of date and give you the option of disabling the quick search. To update the database, run the command <command>updatedb</command> as the root user.</para> 342 </sect2> 343 344 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-advanced"> 345 <title lang="en">To Add Search Options</title> 346 <para lang="en">You can add additional options to search for a file on the system. To add search options, perform the following steps:</para> 347 <orderedlist> 348 <listitem><para lang="en">Click on the <guilabel>Select more options</guilabel> text. </para></listitem> 349 <listitem><para lang="en">Click on the <guilabel>Available options</guilabel> drop-down list.</para></listitem> 350 <listitem><para lang="en">Select the search option that you want to apply.</para></listitem> 351 <listitem><para lang="en">Click <guibutton>Add</guibutton>. </para></listitem> 352 <listitem><para lang="en">Specify the required search information for the search option, as described in <xref linkend="tbl-search-rules"/>.</para></listitem> 353 <listitem><para lang="en">Repeat the above steps for each search option that you want to apply.</para></listitem> 354 </orderedlist> 355 <para lang="en">To remove a search option from the current search, click on the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button next to the option. </para> 356 <para lang="en">To disable the search options from the current search, click on the <guilabel>Select more options</guilabel> text.</para> 357 358 <table id="tbl-search-rules" frame="topbot"> 359 <title lang="en">Search Options</title> 360 <tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"> 361 <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="33*"/> 362 <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="33*"/> 363 <thead> 364 <row valign="top"> 365 <entry> 366 <para lang="en">Option Name</para></entry> 367 <entry> 368 <para>વર્ણન</para></entry> 369 </row> 370 </thead> 371 <tbody> 372 <row valign="top"> 373 <entry> 374 <para lang="en">Contains the text</para></entry> 375 <entry> 376 <para lang="en">Search for files of type plain text that contain the specified text.</para></entry> 377 </row> 378 <row valign="top"> 379 <entry> 380 <para lang="en">Date modified less than</para></entry> 381 <entry> 382 <para lang="en">Search for files that are modified less than the period specified in days.</para></entry> 383 </row> 384 <row valign="top"> 385 <entry> 386 <para>કરતાં વધુ દિવસોથી તારીખ બદલાયેલ છે</para></entry> 387 <entry> 388 <para lang="en">Search for files that are modified longer than the period specified in days.</para></entry> 389 </row> 390 <row valign="top"> 391 <entry> 392 <para lang="en">Size at least</para></entry> 393 <entry> 394 <para lang="en">Search for files that are equal to or larger than the size specified in kilobytes.</para></entry> 395 </row> 396 <row valign="top"> 397 <entry> 398 <para lang="en">Size at most</para></entry> 399 <entry> 400 <para lang="en">Search for files that are smaller than or equal to the size specified in kilobytes.</para></entry> 401 </row> 402 <row valign="top"> 403 <entry> 404 <para>ફાઇલ ખાલી છે</para></entry> 405 <entry> 406 <para lang="en">Search for empty files.</para></entry> 407 </row> 408 <row valign="top"> 409 <entry> 410 <para lang="en">Owned by user</para></entry> 411 <entry> 412 <para lang="en">Search for files that are owned by the user specified. Type the name of the user in the text box provided.</para></entry> 413 </row> 414 <row valign="top"> 415 <entry> 416 <para lang="en">Owned by group</para></entry> 417 <entry> 418 <para lang="en">Search for files that are owned by the group specified. Type the name of the group in the text box provided. </para></entry> 419 </row> 420 <row valign="top"> 421 <entry> 422 <para>માલિક ઓળખીતો નથી</para></entry> 423 <entry> 424 <para lang="en">Search for files that are owned by a user or group that is unknown to the system.</para></entry> 425 </row> 426 <row valign="top"> 427 <entry> 428 <para lang="en">Name does not contain</para></entry> 429 <entry> 430 <para lang="en">Search for filenames that do not contain the string that you enter. Enter a full filename or a partial filename with wildcards in the field provided. Use * to indicate a sequence of characters. Use ? to indicate a single character. The search is case-sensitive.</para></entry> 431 </row> 432 <row valign="top"> 433 <entry> 434 <para lang="en">Name matches regular expression</para></entry> 435 <entry> 436 <para lang="en">Search for files that contain the specified regular expression in their directory path or filename. Type the regular expression in the text box provided. </para></entry> 437 </row> 438 <row valign="top"> 439 <entry> 440 <para>છુપી અને બેક-અપ ફાઈલો બતાવો</para></entry> 441 <entry> 442 <para lang="en">Include hidden and backup files in the search. </para></entry> 443 </row> 444 <row valign="top"> 445 <entry> 446 <para>સાંકેતિક કડીઓને અનુસરો</para></entry> 447 <entry> 448 <para lang="en">Follow symbolic links when searching for files.</para></entry> 449 </row> 450 <row valign="top"> 451 <entry> 452 <para>બીજી ફાઇલસિસ્ટમોને બહાર કાઢો</para></entry> 453 <entry> 454 <para lang="en">Search in directories that are in the same filesystem as the start directory.</para></entry> 455 </row> 456 457 </tbody> 458 </tgroup> 459 </table> 460 461 </sect2> 462 463 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-stop"> 464 <title lang="en">To Stop a Search</title> 465 <para lang="en">Click <guibutton>Stop</guibutton> to stop a search before <application>Search for Files</application> completes the search. </para> 466 </sect2> 467 468 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-view"> 469 <title lang="en">To Open a Displayed File</title> 470 <para lang="en">To open a file displayed in the <guilabel>Search results</guilabel> list box, perform one of the following steps:</para> 471 <itemizedlist> 472 <listitem><para lang="en">Right-click on the file, then choose <guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem>. </para></listitem> 473 <listitem><para lang="en">Double-click on the file. </para></listitem> 474 </itemizedlist> 475 <para lang="en">To open the folder that contains a file displayed in the <guilabel>Search results</guilabel> list box, right-click on the file, then choose <guimenuitem>Open Containing Folder</guimenuitem>.</para> 476 </sect2> 477 478 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-delete"> 479 <title lang="en">To Delete a Displayed File</title> 480 <para lang="en">To delete a file displayed in the <guilabel>Search results</guilabel> list box, right-click on the file, then choose <guimenuitem>Move to Trash</guimenuitem>. </para> 481 </sect2> 482 483 <!-- 484 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-search-command"> 485 <title>To View the Search Command Used by &app;</title> 486 <para>To view the command that <application>&app;</application> used to perform the previous search, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Search</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Command</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The <guilabel>Search Command Line</guilabel> displays the command. </para> 487 </sect2> 488 --> 489 490 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-savetofile"> 491 <title lang="en">To Save the Search Results</title> 492 <para lang="en">To save the results of the last search that <application>Search for Files</application> performed, right-click in the <guilabel>Search results</guilabel> list, then choose <guimenuitem>Save Results As</guimenuitem>. Enter the name of the file to which you want to save the results, then click Save.</para> 493 </sect2> 494 495 </sect1> 496 497<!-- ============= Settings ============================== --> 498 499 <sect1 id="gsearchtool-settings-gsettings-keys"> 500 <title lang="en">Settings</title> 501 502 <para lang="en"><application>Search for Files</application> provides gsettings keys to modify some of its behavior. The gsettings values can be changed by starting the <application>Configuration Editor</application> in the following ways: 503 </para> 504 <variablelist> 505 <varlistentry> 506 <term lang="en"><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term> 507 <listitem> 508 <para lang="en">Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>System Tools</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>dconf Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para> 509 </listitem> 510 </varlistentry> 511 <varlistentry> 512 <term>આદેશ વાક્ય</term> 513 <listitem> 514 <para lang="en">Execute the following command: <command>dconf-editor</command></para> 515 </listitem> 516 </varlistentry> 517 </variablelist> 518 519 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-disablequicksearch"> 520 <title>ઝડપી શોધ નિષ્ક્રિય કરો</title> 521 <para lang="en">Key name: org.mate.search-tool.disable-quick-search</para> 522 <para lang="en">Default value: false</para> 523 <para lang="en"><application>Search for Files</application> speeds up file name searches by using the <command>locate</command> command. <command>Locate</command> provides a secure way to index and quickly search for file names. Because <command>locate</command> relies on a file index, the <guilabel>Search results</guilabel> list may not always be up to date.</para> 524 </sect2> 525 526 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-disablesecondscan"> 527 <title>બીજી સ્કેનમાં ઝડપી શોધ નિષ્ક્રિય કરો</title> 528 <para lang="en">Key name: org.mate.search-tool.disable-quick-search-second-scan</para> 529 <para lang="en">Default value: false</para> 530 <para lang="en">After completing a quick search, <application>Search for Files</application> will perform a thorough search using the <command>find</command> command. The purpose of this second scan is to find files that have not been indexed. Files that match the search criteria are added to the <guilabel>Search results</guilabel> list keeping the list up to date.</para> 531 </sect2> 532 533 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-quicksearchexclude"> 534 <title>ઝડપી શોધ નહિં સમાવિષ્ટ પથો</title> 535 <para lang="en">Key name: org.mate.search-tool.quick-search-excluded-paths</para> 536 <para lang="en">Default values: [/mnt/*,/media/*,/dev/*,/tmp/*,/proc/*,/var/*]</para> 537 <para lang="en"><application>Search for Files</application> will not perform a quick search for paths defined by this key. File name searches in the defined paths will use the <command>find</command> command. The wildcards '*' and '?' are supported.</para> 538 </sect2> 539 540 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-secondscanexclude"> 541 <title>ઝડપી શોધ દ્વિતીય સ્કેન નહિં સમાવિષ્ટ પથો</title> 542 <para lang="en">Key name: org.mate.search-tool.quick-search-second-scan-excluded-paths</para> 543 <para lang="en">Default values: [/]</para> 544 <para lang="en"><application>Search for Files</application> will not perform a second scan after a quick search for the paths defined by this key. Quick searches in the defined paths will not be followed by a thorough search using the <command>find</command> command. The wildcards '*' and '?' are supported.</para> 545 </sect2> 546 547 <sect2 id="gsearchtool-showoptions"> 548 <title>વધારાના વિકલ્પો બતાવો</title> 549 <para lang="en">Key name: org.mate.search-tool.show-additional-options</para> 550 <para lang="en">Default value: false</para> 551 <para lang="en">This key determines if the <guilabel>Select more options</guilabel> section is expanded when <application>Search for Files</application> is started.</para> 552 </sect2> 553 554 </sect1> 555 556</article> 557
