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mitcoes

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Registered: 2012-04-18

Posts: 5

SEARCH - FIND - files at Thunar

Sometimes you do not remember where is a file, nautilus has a SEARCH or FIND menu, I Miss it at Thunar.

fabdo

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-12-25

Posts: 12

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Re: SEARCH - FIND - files at Thunar

yes thats right ... :-(

when i search something i take "catfish" for it.

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wkr

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Registered: 2011-01-01

Posts: 88

Re: SEARCH - FIND - files at Thunar

To add catfish in thunar context menu, open Edit>custom actions and add  a new item. The right command is:

catfish --fileman=thunar --hidden --path=%f

Of course, catfish must be installed

Last edited by wkr (2012-04-18 08:17:52)

secipolla

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Registered: 2012-01-15

Posts: 393

Re: SEARCH - FIND - files at Thunar

Probably Catfish is more adequate (GTK2) but I use gnome-search-tool for that.
My custom action for it is:

Icon: system-search
Name: Se_arch Here
Command: gnome-search-tool --path=%F
Description: Search files
Patterns: *
File type: directories

sick

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From: Deutschland

Registered: 2012-04-25

Posts: 7

Re: SEARCH - FIND - files at Thunar

Hello secipolla.

Thank you so much for this hint.

i've tried catfish - not working, i've tried a couple of scripts provided by different forums - not one is working...

but my well known and loved gnome-search works like a charm.
in the ubuntu software center the description says: "lightweight but slow".
i can't see where it is slow?!?!

Cheers to you mate...

Andi