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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-terminology">Activities overview</link> <gui>Type to search</gui> <input>search for files</input> 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="ScreenshotSearchForFiles.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>file.txt</file>, 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>