CATFISH
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: January 2021
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NAME
catfish - File searching tool which is configurable via the command line
DESCRIPTION
Catfish
is a handy file searching tool for Linux and UNIX.
The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only Gtk+3.
You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.
SYNOPSIS
catfish
[
,options/]
,path query/
OPTIONS
- --version
-
Show the version number and exit
- -h, --help
-
Show the help message and exit
- -v, --verbose
-
Show debug messages (-vv will also debug catfish_lib)
- --large-icons
-
Use large icons
- --thumbnails
-
Use thumbnails
- --iso-time
-
Display time in ISO format
- --path=,PATH/
-
Set the default search path
- --exact
-
Perform exact match
- --hidden
-
Include hidden files
- --fulltext
-
Perform fulltext search
- --start
-
If path and query are provided, start searching when the
application is displayed.