The query:-- I've asked this more than once, and never once got any answer, so ask again now that I'm using 4.7.x. Find file on native ext2 & ext3 (the only native filesystems I ever use) finds and lists the same file many many many many many many many many many many times, each time with a different numeric: prefix. Sometimes the same filename shows for several PgDns, I'm guessing over 200 or more times. Sometimes it takes several minutes to search the search results. ================== My opinion:- You need to take a broader view. Think cost-benefit. We are increasingly noticeing "my previous version was OK but his mc has got problem X". This comes from adding features. Entropy is an undisputable law of the universe. I too 'got too many hits of a file which I'd cloned to several directories, when I searched'. For seldom needed requirements like yours, the 'users own utilities menu' is intended and appropriate.
What we must NOT do is add in every new quirky requirement to mc. BTW I haven't yet found out how to eg. search for "p/.q" in the all files of the current dir-tree. AFAIK the 2 chars "/." influences the regex 'calculation'. And then their's something about sfprint/? format. We just have to work-around and find solutions to the problems that popup. Aiming for the mc which does 'everything' is not advised. Probably a small customised script using 'ls ***" & "| uniq" would do. _______________________________________________ Mc mailing list http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/mc