[i] Overview |
[ii]
Find In
| [iii] The Options Panel |
[iv] Putting together the criteria |
[v]
Searching by Name
|
[vi]
Searching by Extension
|
[vii]
Searching by Size
|
[viii]
Searching by Modified
|
[ix]
Searching by Created
|
[x]
Searching by Kind
|
[xi]
Searching by Contains
| [xii] Using conjunctions and grouping |
find
utility from UNIX
*. It uses "predicates" to
build up quite powerful expressions that give you great flexibilty over the files
you search for.If all this seems a bit too complicated, you might like to look at FastTraX.
Find In
Find In Folder
". If you launch TraX with a
specific folder (either by using "Open With...", or by dragging a
folder onto the TraX icon) then this popup will start in that folder. Otherwise
it will start with the root ("/
") directory./boot/home
- your home directory
/boot/home/Desktop
- your Desktop
/boot/beos
- the BeOS system folder
/boot/optional
- the optional items folder (if installed)
other...
" option. Selecting this
will bring up an Open
window to allow you to select any other folder
you wish.
+
and -
buttons+
button to add a panel at the bottom of the criteria.
Click the -
button to remove the bottom criteria panel.
Maximum Subfolder Depth
Find
button), then TraX will only search to the depth specified
in the edit box. eg, Place a '0' in the edit box, and TraX will only search
the files in the folder you specified (ie no subdirectories)
*.
Find
ButtonFind
button will be disabled while
a search is underway.
( Name begins with Be or Name begins with Mac ) and Name ends with OSfinds "BeOS" and "MacOS" and "Better OS" but not "PIOS" , "Beep" or "The BeOS"
Name begins with Be and not Name ends with OSwill find "BeBox" but not "BeOS"
not ( Extension is txt or Extension is doc )is the same as
Extension isn't txt and Extension isn't docthat is, it finds all files except those ending in
.txt
or
.doc
Due to serious time contraints, I have been unable to complete this set of
documentation.
If you require assistance, feel free to mail me at:
zodsoft@kagi.com
If anyone is willing to complete the documentation, please feel free to do so,
and forward to me at the above address.
Thankyou, Tim Vernum.
find
which has more options than plain old find
, so you could say it's
based on find from "Not Unix".
Maxdepth
Users of find
should note that this behaviour is slightly different
to that displayed by GNU find
. Find treats -maxdepth 0 to mean
that only the root of the search should be considered, and -maxdepth 1 will
search for entries within the folders in the path-list. ie, In find, maxdepth
refers to the depth of the leaf being considered, while in TraX it refers to
the depth of the parent of that leaf.
Tim Vernum 3rd July 1999