4.2  Query Fields

Query fields are grouped into three tabbed panes as follows:

  • Name Tab

    Field

    Description

    Searching from

    Displays the directory from which the search will be conducted. This field will be blank if the search is being done from the upper most directory.

    Files named

    A combobox entry field where one can enter a file name pattern that is to be searched for. File name patterns can be those used with commands like ls(1).

    Case sensitive

    When ticked, make any file name pattern matching case sensitive, otherwise case is unimportant.

    Search subdirectories

    When ticked, recursively search all directories from the current one downwards, otherwise only search the current directory.

  • Contents Tab

    Field

    Description

    Files containing

    A combobox entry field where one can enter a text pattern that is to be searched for inside each file.

    Case sensitive

    When ticked, make any text pattern searching case sensitive, otherwise case is unimportant.

    Regular expression

    When ticked, treat any text pattern as an extended regular expression (RE), otherwise the text pattern is treated as an ordinary sequence of characters. Please see regex(7) for further details on regular expressions.

    Search binary files

    When ticked, search binary files as well as text files, otherwise only search text files. A file is deemed to be binary if it contains more than a small percentage of non-text data.

  • Properties Tab

    Field

    Description

    Find all files created or modified

    When ticked, enable the ability to search based on a file's modification time, otherwise modification time is unimportant.

    between

    When selected, one can enter a time range in which a file's modification time has to fall in order to be selected (i.e. “select files changed between x and y”).

    during the previous

    When selected, one can enter how recent a file's modification time has to be in order to be selected (i.e. “select files changed within the last x minutes/hours/days/months/years”).

    File size is

    When set to something other than Any Size, enable the ability to search based on a file's size, otherwise size is unimportant.

    Files last modified by

    A combobox entry field where one can enter the id of the author that is to be searched for on each file.