<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY kappname "&kfind;"> <!ENTITY package "kdebase"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE" > ]> <book lang="&language;"> <bookinfo> <title >The &kfind; Handbook</title> <authorgroup> <author > <firstname >Dirk</firstname > <surname >Doerflinger</surname > <affiliation > <address ><email >ddoerflinger@web.de</email ></address > </affiliation > </author> <othercredit role="translator" ><firstname >John</firstname ><surname >Knight</surname ><affiliation ><address ><email >anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email ></address ></affiliation ><contrib >KDE British Conversion</contrib ></othercredit> </authorgroup> <copyright> <year >2001</year> <holder >Dirk Doerflinger</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice >&FDLNotice;</legalnotice> <date >2001-06-24</date> <releaseinfo >1.10.00</releaseinfo> <abstract> <para > &kfind; is &kde;'s file find utility. </para> </abstract> <keywordset> <keyword >KDE</keyword> <keyword >kdeutils</keyword> <keyword >kfind</keyword> <keyword >find</keyword> </keywordset> </bookinfo> <chapter id="introduction"> <title >Introduction</title> <para > &kfind; is the &kde; file find utility. </para> <sect1 id="starting"> <title >Launching &kfind;</title> <para > You will find the entry <guimenuitem >Find Files</guimenuitem >. This will launch &kfind;, a handy application for finding files or even expressions within files. </para> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="kfind"> <title >Finding Files</title> <sect1 id="name-tab"> <title >The Name/Location Tab</title> <para > When starting &kfind;, you will see a quite simple window. Type in the name of the file you are searching in the textbox labelled <guilabel >Named:</guilabel >, choose a directory where you want to search by typing it in the field <quote ><guilabel >Look in:</guilabel ></quote > or clicking <guibutton >Browse...</guibutton > and hit <keycap >Enter</keycap > or click <guibutton >Find</guibutton >. If <guilabel >Include subdirectories</guilabel > is checked, all subdirectories starting from your chosen directory will be searched, too. The results will be displayed in the Box below. </para> <para > You can use the following wildcards: </para> <variablelist > <varlistentry > <term >The Asterisk <quote ><keycap >*</keycap ></quote ></term > <listitem > <para > The asterisk stands for any number of missing characters (even zero), that means ⪚ searching for <filename >marc*</filename > may find the files <filename >marc</filename >, <filename >marc.png</filename > and <filename > marc_must_not_read_this.kwd</filename >. Otherwise, <filename >mar*.kwd</filename > may find <filename >marketplace.kwd</filename > and <filename >marc_must_not_read_this.kwd</filename >. </para > </listitem > </varlistentry > <varlistentry > <term >The Question Mark <quote ><keycap >?</keycap ></quote ></term > <listitem > <para > In contrast to the asterisk, the question mark stands for exacly one character, so <filename >mar?</filename > will find <filename >marc</filename >, but <filename >marc?</filename > won't find anything, as our files are called <filename >marc</filename > and <filename >marc.png</filename >. You can put as many question marks in the term as you want, it will find exactly that number of characters. </para > </listitem > </varlistentry > </variablelist> <para > Of course you can combine those two wildcard symbols in a search term. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="kfind-date-range"> <title >The Date Range Tab</title> <para > In this tab you can tell &kfind; the date period when the file(s) to be found have been created or edited last time. </para> <para > Choosing <guilabel >All files</guilabel > will tell &kfind; not to worry about dates. If you check <guilabel >Find all files created or modified:</guilabel >, you can either enter two dates, between which the files were changed or created, or specify a period of previous months or days where the files should lay in. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="kfind-advanced"> <title >The Advanced Tab</title> <para > Here you can refine your search or only look for files that contain a specific word or phrase. </para> <para > These are the special refinements you can choose: </para> <variablelist > <varlistentry > <term ><guilabel >Of Type</guilabel ></term > <listitem > <para > Here you can specify the type of file you are searching for. </para > </listitem > </varlistentry > <varlistentry > <term ><guilabel >Containing Text</guilabel ></term > <listitem > <para > Type in the word or phrase the files you are searching for must contain. Note: If you do this in a large directory or checked <guilabel >Include Subfolders</guilabel >, this may take a long time. </para > </listitem > </varlistentry > <varlistentry > <term ><guilabel >Size is:</guilabel ></term > <listitem > <para >Here you can specify if the file has to be at least or as most as big as the size (in KB) you entered in the following box. </para > </listitem > </varlistentry > <varlistentry > <term ><guilabel >Case Sensitive</guilabel ></term > <listitem > <para > Usually, &kfind; doesn't matter of cases, so searching for <filename >marc.png</filename > will find <filename >marc.png</filename > and <filename >Marc.png</filename >. If you enable this option, it will only find files with the exact case matching, in our example only <filename >marc.png</filename >. </para > </listitem > </varlistentry > <varlistentry > <term ><guilabel >Use Regular Expression Matching</guilabel ></term > <listitem ><para >If you have installed the &kregexpeditor; tool from the kdeutils package, you will have this additional option. Enabling it will allow you to search for a <firstterm >regexp</firstterm > or regular expression. A regexp is a way to specify conditions for your search, and they can be very complex, and equally they can be very powerful. If you are unfamiliar with regular expressions, you can choose <guilabel >Edit Regular Expression</guilabel > to open &kregexpeditor;. This tool allows you to construct your set of conditions graphically, and then generates the expression for you.</para > <para >&kregexpeditor; is a very useful tool, and can be used from within many &kde; applications other than &kfind;. You can find more information from within its own help file.</para > </listitem > </varlistentry > </variablelist> </sect1> </chapter> <chapter id="credits"> <title >Credits and Licence</title> <para > &kfind; </para> <para > Program copyright: </para> <itemizedlist > <title >Developers</title > <listitem > <para >Martin Hartig</para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >Stephan Kulow <email >coolo@kde.org</email ></para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >Mario Weilguni <email >mweilguni@sime.com</email ></para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >Alex Zepeda <email >jazepeda@pacbell.net</email ></para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >Miroslav Fl?r <email >flidr@kky.zcu.cz</email ></para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >Harri Porten <email >porten@kde.org</email ></para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >Dima Rogozin <email >dima@mercury.co.il</email ></para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >Carsten Pfeiffer <email >pfeiffer@kde.org</email ></para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >Hans Petter Bieker <email >bieker@kde.org</email ></para > </listitem > <listitem > <para >Waldo Bastian <email >bastian@kde.org</email ></para > </listitem > </itemizedlist> <para > Documentation copyright 2001 Dirk Doerflinger <email >ddoerflinger@web.de</email > </para> <para >KDE British Conversion John Knight <email >anarchist_tomato@herzeleid.net</email ></para> &underFDL; <!-- FDL: do not remove --> &underBSDLicense; <!-- BSD License --> </chapter> <appendix id="installation"> <title >Installation</title> <sect1 id="getting-kfind"> <title >How to obtain &kfind;</title> &install.intro.documentation; </sect1> <sect1 id="requirements"> <title >Requirements</title> <para > In order to successfully use &kfind;, you need &kde; 3.x. </para> </sect1> <sect1 id="compilation"> <title >Compilation and Installation</title> &install.compile.documentation; </sect1> </appendix> &documentation.index; </book> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil End: // vim:ts=0:sw=2:tw=78:noet -->