kfind(1)

kfind1

File find utility by kde

Usage

kfind [searchpath] [options]

Overview

The Find Files tool is a useful method of searching for specific files on your computer, or for searching for files that match a pattern. An example of this could include searching for files of a particular type or with certain letters in the filename, or that contain a certain piece of text in their contents.

KFind is a graphical tool, and not normally run from the command line.

Options

searchpath

You may optionally supply a path to prefill the dialog where to start the search.

Releases

13 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1
  3. 4.0–5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11–12
  10. 13–Arch

--author until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --background until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --bg until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --btn until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --button until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --caption until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --cmap until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --dcopserver until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --display until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --dograb until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --fg until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --fn until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --font until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --foreground until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --geometry until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --help until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --help-all until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --help-kde until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --help-qt until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --icon until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --im until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --inputstyle until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --license until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --miniicon until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --name until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --ncols until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --nocrashhandler until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --nograb until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --noxim until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --session until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --style until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --sync until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --title until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --version until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --visual until Debian 3.0 (Woody); --waitforwm until Debian 3.0 (Woody); -v until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

Authors

A list of contributors is available in the complete user manual available in khelpcenter.

This documentation was prepared by Lauri Watts <[email protected]>

Author

Lauri Watts <[email protected]>

Author.

From kfind 26.08.2-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.