Catfish
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Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and Unix. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only GTK+3. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.
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Features
Properties
- Lightweight
Features
- Works Offline
- Full-Text Search
- Ad-free
- Built-in viewer
- Command line interface
- File Search
- Filtering
Tags
- xfce-project
- search-tool
- Xfce
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POX added Catfish as alternative to Cardinal File Search- ddnn liked Catfish
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What is Catfish?
Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and Unix. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only GTK+3. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.
Features:
- Filename search
- Search file text
- Search zip files
- Thumbnail view
- Filter results by file type, extension, and date
- Optional locate/mlocate and zeitgeist support for faster searches
Comments and Reviews
FAST search as User or Root.
a desktop version mix like Gnome-do or Synapse would be great.
Must open the sidebar (F9) to access some basic features like search for folders.