Kfind isn't bad.
3 methods to use it:
Applications --> File Tools --> Find Files
or "Alt"+"F2" runss a launcher you can type kfind there.
or from the console "kfind". It's not really useful to run a GUI
program from the console for long peiods of time because the console
needs to stay open for the program to stay open (it's a child process of
that console), in other words it takes extra screen space to have two
programs open. But, for a program like find that you don't need for
very long, it can be convenient. In order to keep using that console
while it is running a GUI program, end the command with "&" (which means
"run this program in the background"). For example "kfind&" or "kfind
&" Go ahead, give it a try.
To search for a file from the command line in text mode, however you can
type:
find -name [file] or find [dir] -name file
for example:
"find -name downloads"
will search current directory for a file named "downloads"
(and in Unix, everything is a file, a directory is just a type of file)
"find /home/david/downloads/ -name *mp3"
will find any mp3 files (or at least files named something.mp3) in
/home/david/downloads/
If you were already in /home/david/, you could type:
"find downloads/ -name *mp3
to do the same thing, the difference is one uses a relative path and the
other an absolute path (like on web pages).
More info on find and any other console cammands can be found by typing
"man find" or "info find" depending on how you prefer the text to be
formatted (your preference). Exit by typing "q".
You can even type "man man" :)
Good luck!
-Paul Rodr�guez
PS I sent this to the newbie list as well, in case it helps anybody.
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