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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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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Linux
  • BSD
  • GTK+
  • Xfce
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Works Offline
  2.  Full-Text Search
  3.  Ad-free
  4.  Command line interface
  5.  Built-in viewer
  6.  File Search
  7.  Filtering

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Our users have written 2 comments and reviews about Catfish, and it has gotten 39 likes

Catfish was added to AlternativeTo by a13ph on Mar 15, 2011 and this page was last updated Feb 6, 2023.

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Top positive comment •Nov 16, 2017

FAST search as User or Root.

a desktop version mix like Gnome-do or Synapse would be great.

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satchnut
Comment •Jul 7, 2020

Must open the sidebar (F9) to access some basic features like search for folders.

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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

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