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How can I find a specific file on an Ubuntu machine? There's the "find" command but is there a graphic UI to find a file?

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I know you asked for gui, but there is also other fast cli ways like.

  • updatedb
  • locate

The first command create a index, the second use the index to search. (maybe there is some gui frontend to locate)

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Thanks Johan--I'm not adverse to cli utitilies. I just didn't know there were other utilities besides "find". – Onorio Catenacci Dec 4 '09 at 15:33
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Use Places | Computer (or Places | Home or any other location) and then use the 'search' button (its a looking-glass icon)

You'll soon go back to the command-line though ;)

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Thanks--it's so obvious that I never even thought to look there. :-) – Onorio Catenacci Dec 4 '09 at 13:49
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There are a few index based applications like beagle and tracker that offer GUI front-end. If you use gnome-do there is also a plugin there to use tracker as a backend. I am not sure about beagle, though.

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if your know the exact name of the file it should be trivial with any method, program etc you follow... especially with the command locate it will a matter of milliseconds... ;)

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I do know the exact start of the name but there may or may not be an extension on the file. – Onorio Catenacci Dec 4 '09 at 18:44
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