How to find files in Ubuntu?

[firesdhgsht]

Hello.
I installed catfish, fsearch, dolphin, searchmonky, recoll, file search, plasma search. None of these tools finds anything that I am looking for. They display random files or not a single one. Examples:

1. files modified after 1. Jan 2024: no files found, or in searchmonky: 20 files between 2013 and 2024
2. *.*: no files found
3. *: no files found
4. "": no files found

How is this possible? I have to go back to Windows just because Ubuntu has no working file search?

[currentshaft]

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[firesdhgsht]

And you don't need to threaten going back to Windows, no one will care if you do, I promise.

It is not a threat. It is a fear

I entered

find . -type f -newerct 2024-01-01

into all the programs I have but still no results.

[euol]

Try using this instead of newerct:

find . -type f -newermt 2024-01-01

[firesdhgsht]

No, how do I install that "terminal"?

[tea for one]

No, how do I install that "terminal"?

Its nigh on impossible to explain but there is a hidden bit of Ubuntu wizardry.
Press these three keys simultaneously;-

Ctrl Alt T

[yancek]

No, how do I install that "terminal"?

If you can't manage the suggestion in post 9, if you have a recent Ubuntu installed (you failed to indicate your release version) you should be able to left click on the Activities tab generally shown in the upper left of the Desktop, type in terminal and hit the Enter key. Based on what you have posted, you need to do a lot of reading as this is very basic. You could start with the Desktop Guide at the link below.

https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/

[TheFu]

No, how do I install that "terminal"?

This is long, since installing a terminal will likely not be all that helpful to someone who doesn't know what a terminal program is and how to use it at a beginner lever.

'terminal' is a type of program, not a specific program. There must be 50 different 'terminal' programs and at least 1 is already installed on your system, usually based on the DE. Often, in the Administration or System menu, there will be something with "term" or "terminal" in the name. Because the menu name and the program name seldom match in Ubuntu, it is hard to guess what your system calls it. Gnome Terminal, LXTerm, Mate-Terminal, xterm, uxterm, and many, many, others. Non-Linux computers might use something like PuTTY. While PuTTY is available on Linux, almost nobody uses it there, since every other terminal program is more standard and has great features already.

A terminal is a text command window with great power. Sorta like the old MS-Dos command prompt, but much, much, more flexible. MS-Windows added at tool they call "PowerShell" in their attempt to provide a Unix terminal-like interface.

In Unix-like OSes, a terminal window usually provides the interface to your shell. On Ubuntu Desktop variants, the default shell program is bash, but there are 20 others and you can change the shell for your userid, if you like. On an Ubuntu Server, which doesn't have any GUI, the shell is all we get after login. No GUI. Just a blank screen with something like this:

thefu@deneb:~$

That is a shell command prompt. It awaits a command, which there are many thousands of possible commands, each command has 1-50 options. So, 'find' is a command.

Underneath the GUI you are used to seeing/using, the shell is the main tool on your system. Entire books have been written about using shells and getting the most from your shell of choice. sh, ksh, bash, zsh, fish, csh, tcsh, https://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-...ect_01_01.html has more, if you care. A more friendly way to learn about the shell and how to use it is in this no-hassle, free, PDF book, https://www.linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php I've used that book in my Beginning Linux classes at the local University. A dead tree version can be bought in almost any book store, or the free PDF is fine too.

[firesdhgsht]

Same result, no files found. No matter if I use catfish, fsearch, dolphin, searchmonky, recoll, file search, plasma search ...

[tea for one]

Same result, no files found. No matter if I use catfish, fsearch, dolphin, searchmonky, recoll, file search, plasma search ...

Ah, but did you open a terminal and enter the command?