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catfish(1)

File searching tool which is configurable via the command line

NAME

catfish - File searching tool which is configurable via the command line

DESCRIPTION

Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and UNIX. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only Gtk+3. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.

SYNOPSIS

catfish [options] path query

OPTIONS

--version

Show the version number and exit

-h, --help

Show the help message and exit

-v, --verbose

Show debug messages (-vv will also debug catfish_lib)

--large-icons

Use large icons

--thumbnails

Use thumbnails

--iso-time

Display time in ISO format

--path=PATH

Set the default search path

--exact

Perform exact match

--hidden

Include hidden files

--fulltext

Perform fulltext search

--start

If path and query are provided, start searching when the application is displayed.

--sort=SORT

Set a default column to sort by (name|size|path|date|type),(asc|desc)

History

--exact since Debian 8 (Jessie); --fulltext since Debian 8 (Jessie); --help since Debian 8 (Jessie); --hidden since Debian 8 (Jessie); --iso-time since Debian 8 (Jessie); --large-icons since Debian 8 (Jessie); --path since Debian 10 (Buster); --sort since Debian 12 (Bookworm); --start since Debian 8 (Jessie); --thumbnails since Debian 8 (Jessie); --verbose since Debian 8 (Jessie); --version since Debian 8 (Jessie); -h since Debian 8 (Jessie); -v since Debian 8 (Jessie).