Finding Files

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# Chapter 8. Finding Files

You will find the entry Find Files. This will launch KFind, a handy application for finding files or even expressions within files.

# 8.1. The Name/Location Tab

When starting KFind, you will see a quite simple window. Type in the name of the file you are searching in the textbox labeled Named:, choose a directory where you want to search by typing it in the field "Look in:" or clicking Browse... and hit Enter or click Find. If Include subdirectories is checked, all subdirectories starting from your chosen directory will be searched, too. The results will be displayed in the Box below.

| You can use the following wildcards:

The Asterisk "*"

  The asterisk stands for any number of missing characters (even zero), that means e.g. searching for `marc*` may find the files `marc`, `marc.png` and `marc_must_not_read_this.kwd`. Otherwise, `mar*.kwd` may find `marketplace.kwd` and `marc_must_not_read_this.kwd`.

The Question Mark "?"

  In contrast to the asterisk, the question mark stands for exacly one character, so `mar?` will find `marc`, but `marc?` won't find anything, as our files are called `marc` and `marc.png`. You can put as many question marks in the term as you want, it will find exactly that number of characters.

Of course you can combine those two wildcard symbols in a search term.

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