Finding Files - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP1 - KDE 14-05-2007 Manual

tions, source code, images, music files, applications, and much more. For more infor-
mation, refer to Chapter 11, Searching with Kerry
With KFind, you can locate files on your computer or in the file system using a variety
of search criteria, such as file content, dates, owner, or file size. Start it from the main
menu with Applications > Find Files/Folders. Alternatively, press Alt + F2 and enter
kfind.
Figure 1.15 Finding Files with KFind

1.6.1 Finding Files

To perform a search for certain filenames, proceed as follows:
1 Start KFind from the main menu or command line.
2 Click the Name/Location tab to perform a basic search.
3 Specify the name of the file to find in Named. You can use the following wild
cards:
Asterisk
The asterisk (*) stands for any number of missing characters (even zero).
For example, searching for marc* can find the files marc, marc.png, and
marc_must_not_read_this.kwd. Searching for mar*.kwd can find market-
place.kwd and marc_must_not_read_this.kwd.
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