KDE provides more than one application for finding data on your computer or in the file system. With Kerry, you can easily search your personal information space (usually your home folder), which is indexed by Beagle. KFind is another option.
Use Kerry to find documents, e-mails, Web history, IM/ITC conversations, source code, images, music files, applications, and much more:
Press Alt+Space to open the dialog.
Enter the search string in
. Enter words or phrases and modify your search options as described in the tips displayed in the search window.Click an entry in the column on the right to select the scope of the search. The selected entry is highlighted.
Click the
icon to start the search. The results are displayed in the window. Use the links contained in each result to open the result directly or show its location in the file system with the file manager.To perform basic and advanced searches, use KFind. Start it from the main menu by clicking Alt+F2 and enter kfind.
or pressTo use a filename (or a part of it) as the search keyword, proceed as follows:
Enter the filename or a part of the filename in the *), to indicate missing characters in the filename.
input field. Use wild cards, such as an asterisk (Specify the folder in which to search for the file. Either enter a path to the folder in
or click to locate the folder.To search subfolders, check
.Click
to start the search. The results are displayed in the lower part of the dialog. To directly open the result, just click it. Right-click it to choose one of the options from the context menu.For a more detailed search, you can also specify further options, such as a text the file must contain or the creation or modification date of a file.
On the
tab, specify at least the path to search for the file. You can leave the empty.To search for certain contents in a file, click the
tab. In , enter the word or phrase the file to find must contain. This option does not work for all types of files.To search for properties such as creation or modification date of the file, click the
tab and choose the options you want.Click
to start the search.