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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
<date>2004-04-11</date>
<releaseinfo>1.20.01</releaseinfo>
<date>2009-12-18</date>
<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.4</releaseinfo>
<abstract>
<para>
@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ computer, or for searching for files that match a pattern. An example of
this could include searching for files of a particular type or with certain
letters in the filename.
You can load this utility by clicking on <guimenuitem>Find Files</guimenuitem>. This will
launch &kfind;.
You can load this utility in &dolphin; and &konqueror; (in file manager mode)
by selecting <menuchoice><shortcut><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo></shortcut><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Find File</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu.
If you want to use &kfind; as a standalone search tool, launch it by &krunner;.
</para>
</sect1>
@ -76,17 +79,27 @@ launch &kfind;.
<para>
When starting &kfind;, you will see a quite simple window. Type in the
name of the file you are searching in the text box labeled
<guilabel>Named:</guilabel>. Choose a folder where you want to search
<guilabel>Named:</guilabel>. You can use wildcard matching and
a semicolon (<quote>;</quote>) for separating multiple names.</para>
<para>Choose a folder where you want to search
by typing it in the field <guilabel>Look in:</guilabel>
or by clicking <guibutton>Browse...</guibutton> and press
<keycap>Enter</keycap> or click <guibutton>Find</guibutton>. If
<guilabel>Include subfolders</guilabel> is checked all
subfolders starting from your chosen folder will be searched
too. The results will be displayed in the box below.
</para>
&Enter; or click the <guibutton>Find</guibutton>.
Use the <guibutton>Stop</guibutton> button to cancel a search.
A search result can be saved in &HTML; format or as plain text with the
<guibutton>Save As...</guibutton> button.</para>
<para>
You can use the following wildcards:
If <guilabel>Include subfolders</guilabel> is checked all
subfolders starting from your chosen folder will be searched
too. If you enable <guilabel>Case sensitive</guilabel>, &kfind; will
only find files with the exact case matching names.
Enable the option <guilabel>Show hidden files</guilabel> to include
them in your search.
Selecting <guilabel>Use files index</guilabel> lets you use the
files' index created by the <quote>locate</quote> package
to speed-up the search.</para>
<para>
You can use the following wildcards for file or folder names:
</para>
<variablelist>
@ -119,12 +132,27 @@ term as you want, it will find exactly that number of characters.
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>The Character Set <quote>[...]</quote></term>
<listitem>
<para>
This matches any of the characters between the braces.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
Of course you can combine those two wildcard symbols in a search term.
</para>
<para>
The results of your search will be displayed in the box below. A click with the
&RMB; on a selection in this box opens a context menu with a lot of
action for the selected files or folders.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="kfind-date-range">
@ -154,7 +182,7 @@ contain. Note: If you do this in a large folder or checked
<para>This option will <emphasis>not</emphasis> work for all files listed
under <guilabel>File type</guilabel>. Only the following file types
are supported:
<!--has to be checked !!!-->
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Text files, &eg; source code and <filename>README</filename> files</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>&kword; &gt;= 1.2</para></listitem>
@ -176,7 +204,7 @@ are supported:
<listitem>
<para>
If you enable this option, &kfind; will
only find files with the exact case matching, &eg;
only find text in files with the exact case matching, &eg;
<userinput>MARC</userinput> will only match
<quote>MARC</quote>, not <quote>Marc</quote>.
</para>
@ -186,12 +214,12 @@ only find files with the exact case matching, &eg;
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Regular expression</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>If you have installed the &kregexpeditor; tool from
the kdeutils package, you will have this additional option. Enabling
playground/utils on the &kde; svn server, you will have this additional option. Enabling
it will allow you to search for a <firstterm>regexp</firstterm> or
regular expression. A regexp is a way to specify conditions for your
search, and they can be very complex, and equally they can be very
powerful. If you are unfamiliar with regular expressions, you can
choose <guilabel>Edit Regular Expression</guilabel> to open
choose <guibutton>Edit</guibutton> button to open
&kregexpeditor;. This tool allows you to construct your set of
conditions graphically, and then generates the expression for
you.</para>
@ -201,9 +229,23 @@ many &kde; applications other than &kfind;. You can find more
information from within its own help file.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Include binary files</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This lets you search in any type of file, even those that
usually do not contain text (for example program files and images).</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<!-- TODO: "Search metainfo sections" -->
<!-- TODO: "Search metainfo sections"
Search within files' specific comments/metainfo<br />These are some "
"examples:<br /><ul><li><b>Audio files (mp3...)</b> Search in id3 tag for a "
"title, an album</li><li><b>Images (png...)</b> Search images with a special "
"resolution, comment...</li></ul></qt>"
"<qt>If specified, search only in this field<br /><ul><li><b>Audio files "
"(mp3...)</b> This can be Title, Album...</li><li><b>Images (png...)</b> "
"Search only in Resolution, Bitdepth...</li></ul></qt>"
-->
</variablelist>
</sect1>
@ -238,7 +280,7 @@ big as the size you entered in the following box.
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Files owned by user, Files owned by group</guilabel></term>
<term><guilabel>Files owned by user</guilabel>, <guilabel>Files owned by group</guilabel></term>
<listitem>
<para>Here you can specify user and group names.
</para>