## NAME

mate-search-tool - the MATE Search Tool

## SYNOPSIS

mate-search-tool

or select Search for Files... from a Main Menu or from the Places menu in a Menu Bar

## DESCRIPTION

MATE Search Tool is a utility for finding files on your system. To perform a basic search, you can type a filename or a partial filename, with or without wildcards. To refine your search, you can apply additional search options.

MATE Search Tool uses the find, grep, and locate UNIX commands. The case sensitivity of the search depends on your operating system. For example, on Linux, the find, grep, and locate commands support the -i option, so all searches are case-insensitive.

For full documentation see the MATE Search Tool online help.

## OPTIONS

--helpShow help message

--named= STRING Set the text of "Name contains" search option

--path= PATH Set the text of "Look in folder" search option

--sortby= VALUE Sort files by one of the following: name, folder, size, type, or date

--descendingSet sort order to descending, the default is ascending

--startAutomatically start a search

--contains= STRING Select and set the "Contains the text" search option

--mtimeless= DAYS Select and set the "Date modified less than" search option

--mtimemore= DAYS Select and set the "Date modified more than" search option

--sizemore= KILOBYTES Select and set the "Size at least" search option

--sizeless= KILOBYTES Select and set the "Size at most" search option

--emptySelect the "File is empty" search option

--user= USER Select and set the "Owned by user" search option

--group= GROUP Select and set the "Owned by group" search option

--nouserSelect the "Owner is unrecognized" search option

--notnamed= STRING Select and set the "Name does not contain" search option

--regex= PATTERN Select and set the "Name matches regular expression" search option

--hiddenSelect the "Show hidden and backup files" search option

--followSelect the "Follow symbolic links" search option

--mountsSelect the "Exclude other filesystems" search option

## AUTHOR

MATE Search Tool was originally written by George Lebl (<jirka@5z.com>). Version 2 was written by Dennis M. Cranston (<dennis_cranston@yahoo.com>).

This manual page was originally written by Jochen Voss <voss@mathematik.uni-kl.de>. Version 2 was written by Dennis M. Cranston (<dennis_cranston@yahoo.com>).

## SEE ALSO

find (1), locate (1), grep (1)