How do I 'search' for files ?

[L Campbell]

I am using 12.04 on my PC and do not seem to be able to search for files in the way that I did when I was using 11.04.

Your help will be appreciated.

[iMac71]

What was the way you used for searching files when you were using Natty Narwhal?
And why don't you use the "find" command in a Terminal window for your searches?

[CaptainMark]

The gui way: In the file browser (assuming you're using the default) Press ctrl+f and type a file name

The terminal way:

find -name "file name"

to search down from the current directory, use -iname instead to remove case sensitivity or see "man find" for more search options the * character acts as a wildcard for unknown characters

[L Campbell]

The gui way: In the file browser (assuming you're using the default) Press ctrl+f and type a file name

The terminal way:

find -name "file name"

to search down from the current directory, use -iname instead to remove case sensitivity or see "man find" for more search options the * character acts as a wildcard for unknown characters

OK, I guess I could have explained myself a little better.

What I am trying to find is my .dwg files, and they seem to have become scattered.

TIA.

[CaptainMark]

in the terminal use this

find ~/ -iname *.dwg

if you wan't to gather them back together use this

mkdir lost_files
find ~/ -iname *.dwg -exec mv {} lost_files/ \;

This will pull all the files ending in .dwg and place them into a folder named lost_files,

I'm assuming all the dwg files are within your home directory, is this okay?