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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.

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  • Linux
  • BSD
  • GTK
  • Xfce
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iphreaki
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It's lightweight and VERY reliable!

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

me12345
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FAST search as User or Root.

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

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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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File Management, OS & Utilities

Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Catfish, and it has gotten 45 likes

Catfish was added to AlternativeTo by a13ph on and this page was last updated .