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authorTiffany Antopolski <antopolski@src.gnome.org>2011-01-09 04:10:52 -0500
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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
+ type="topic" id="search">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="files-search#search"/>
+ <title type="sort">a</title>
+ <desc>How to find a file.</desc>
+ <revision pkgversion="0.1" version="0.1" date="2011-01-9" status="review"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
+ <email>gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ </info>
+ <title>Search For a File</title>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In the <link xref="shell-apps">applications overview</link> click on the <app>Search for Files</app> application icon. If you don't see it, you can type "search for files" in the search textbox.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Alternatively, you can use the command-line. Type <code> gnome-search-tool </code> at the prompt.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <media type="image" src="Screenshot-Search for Files.png"/>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In the <gui>Name contains</gui> textbox, type the full or partial file name. The search is case insensitive, and the ? and * wildcards can be used. The ? stands in for any one letter, and the * stands in for any sequence of one or more letters. For example:
+ </p>
+ <terms>
+ <item>
+ <title>
+ If you type "file.txt", the following files will be found:
+ </title>
+ <p>
+ file.txt, File.txt, myfile.txt, MyFile.txtxyz, etc.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>
+ If you type "fi?e.txt", the following files will be found:
+ </title>
+ <p>
+ Five.txt, file.txt, File.txt, myfile.txt, MyFile.txtxyz, etc.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>
+ If you type "fi*e.*txt", the following files will be found:
+ </title>
+ <p>
+ File.txt, fillie.odt, fibonacci_example.txt, FindMachineEpsilon.exe.manifest, etc.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ </terms>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ In the <gui>Look in folder</gui> menu, select the folder you wish to search. <app>Search for Files</app> will search the folder you choose, including the subfolders.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click <gui>Find</gui>. Your results will be displayed in the <gui>Search results</gui> box. If the search found no matches, <gui>No files found</gui> will be displayed. You can stop a search in progress by clicking <gui>Stop</gui>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Alternatively, you can go to step 5 to add more search options.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ To add more search options:
+ </p>
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click on <gui>Select more options</gui>. This will reveal the <gui>Available options</gui> menu.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click on the <gui>Available options</gui> menu. Select a search option.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <media type="image" src="Screenshot-Search for Files-options.png"/>
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Click <gui>Add</gui>.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ If the search option requires additional information, type it in the textbox.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ You can specify as many additional search options as needed.
+ </p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ When you are finished adding search options, click <gui>Find</gui>.
+ </p>
+
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+
+</page>