Find a file in Linux Ubuntu using FSearch tool. Learn how to find a file in Linux in all directories. FSearch is a fast file search utility for GNU/Linux operating systems, inspired by Everything Search Engine. It’s written in C and based on GTK+3. FSearch is a promising new file search utility for the Linux desktop, inspired by the Everything Search Engine tool for Windows.
Features:
- Instant (as you type) results
- Wildcard support
- RegEx support
- Filter support (only search for files, folders or everything)
- Include and exclude specific folders to be indexed
- Ability to exclude certain files/folders from index using wildcard expressions
- Fast sort by filename, path, size or modification time
- Customizable interface
Install FSearch
FSearch file utility can be installed on Ubunty 16.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10 and Ubuntu 15.10 Systems. Run the following commands in terminal to install FSearch utility using PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:christian-boxdoerfer/fsearch-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fsearch-trunk
Once installed, open the FSearch utility from Ubuntu Dash.
More Info: https://github.com/cboxdoerfer/fsearch