Use Find Files in the main menu to locate files on your computer using a variety of search criteria, such as file content, dates, owner, or file size.
Figure 22 Find Files
You can also open Find Files by typing kfind in a terminal window.
Use the Name/Location tab in the Find Files dialog to perform a basic search.
Click
.Specify the name of the file you are looking for in the Named field.
You can use the following wildcards:
Asterisk: The asterisk (*) stands for any number of missing characters (even zero). For example, searching for marc* will find the files marc, marc.png and marc_must_not_read_this.kwd. Searching for mar*.kwd will find marketplace.kwd and marc_must_not_read_this.kwd.
Question Mark:The question mark (?) stands for exactly one character. For example, searching for mar? will find marc, but marc? will not 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 will find exactly that number of characters.
You can combine those two wildcard symbols in any search term.
Specify the folder where you want to search in the Look In field, or clicking
to find the folder you want.Select
to also search all subfolders starting from your specified folder.Press Enter or click
.Use the Contents and Properties tabs in the Find Files dialog to perform a more advanced file search.
Click
.Specify the name of the file you are looking for in the Named field.
Specify the folder where you want to search in the Look In field, or click
to find the folder you want.Click the
tab, then choose from the following options:Click the
tab, then choose from the following options:Click
to perform the search.