Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 - KDE 21-06-2006 Manual page 42

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
4 Specify the folder to search in Look In or click Browse to find the folder you
5 Press
1.7.2 Performing an Advanced File Search
For a more detailed search, you can also specify further options, such as a text the file
to find must contain:
1 Start KFind from the main menu or the command line.
2 Click the Name/Location tab.
3 Specify the name of the file to find in Named.
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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.
Question Mark
The question mark (?) stands for exactly one character. For example,
searching for mar? can find marc, but marc? cannot find anything if your
files are named marc and marc.png. You can put as many question marks
in the search term as you want. It finds exactly that number of characters.
You can combine those two wild card symbols in any search term.
want. Select Include Subfolders to also search all subfolders starting from your
specified folder.
or click Find.
Enter