catfish1
File searching tool which is configurable via the command line
Usage
catfish [options]
path
query
Overview
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.
Options
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--version -
Show the version number and exit
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-h, --help -
Show the help message and exit
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-v, --verbose -
Show debug messages (
-vvwill also debug catfish_lib)
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--large-icons -
Use large icons
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--thumbnails -
Use thumbnails
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--iso-time -
Display time in ISO format
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--path=PATH -
Set the default search path
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--exact -
Perform exact match
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--fulltext -
Perform fulltext search
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--start -
If path and query are provided, start searching when the application is displayed.
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--sort=SORT -
Set a default column to sort by (name|size|path|date|type),(asc|desc)
Releases
10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 5 times.
--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).