---
name: "fgr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xffm4"
version: "4.0.6-1"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fgr"
---

# fgr(1)

File content search engine for xffm

## NAME

fgr - File content search engine for xffm

## SYNOPSYS

**fgr** \[-r\] \[-v\] \[-d ddd\] \[-m mmm\] \[-f filter\] \[-s (+/-)size\] \[-t type\] \[-p perm\] \[grep options...\]

- **-v**

  verbose

- **-V**

  Print version number information

- **-P**

  print process id

- **-f filter**

  file filter (enclosed in quotes if regexp \*,? or \[\] is used)

- **-r**

  recursive

- **-s +kbytes**

  Size greater than kbytes KBYTES

- **-s -kbytes**

  size less than kbytes KBYTES

- **-p perm**

  perm is either suid \| exe

- **-t type**

  reg \| dir \| sym \| sock \| blk \| chr \| fifo (regular, directory, symlink, socket, blk\_dev,  chr\_dev, fifo)

- **-d ddd**

  created or modified in the previous (int) dd days

- **-m mmm**

  created or modified in the previous (int) mm months

- **-p perm**

  perm is either suid \| exe

- **-e string**

  containing string (if \*,? or \[\], use quotes)

- **-E regexp**

  containing regexp: (use quotes).

- **-i**

  ignore case (for search string -c)

- **-y**

  same as -i (obsolete)

- **-L**

  print the  name  of each input file from which \*no\*  output would normally have been printed.

- **-c**

  only print a count of matching lines for each input file.

- **-w**

  Select  only  those  lines  containing matches that  form whole words. Word-constituent  characters  are  letters, digits, and the underscore.

- **-x**

  Select only those matches that  exactly  match  the whole line.

- **-Z**

  Output  a  zero  byte  (the  ASCII  NUL  character)  instead of the character that  normally  follows  a  file  name

## DESCRIPTION

fgr is a file content search engine for xffm, the filemanager of XFce, the Cholesterol Free Desktop Environment.

## REQUIREMENTS

**fgr requires GNU grep 2.x or higher**

## SEE ALSO

xffm, xftree4, xfbook4, xfapps4, xfsamba4, xffstab4

## AUTHOR

Edscott Wilson Garcia