Doing quick searches of my computer with Puppy

[rmcellig]

Coming from the Mac side, am used to doing very fast searches that are easy and offer a search as you type kind of search not only for file names but also text within files. Does puppy linux offer the same capabilities where a search is almost instantaneous? I know on my iMac that there is a database that is built of my internal drive as well as all the attached devices for quicker searching. I'm hoping that Puppy can offer me the same kind of speed and efficiency.

[Lobster]

Dunno
Maybe search here . . .
http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyLinuxSearchEngine

Welcome to the kennels
http://tmxxine.com/free/index.html

[rokytnji]

Not sure what you mean either as I don't do the Mac shuffle. My instant finder is

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sh-3.00# locate java
/initrd/pup_ro2/usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME/application-x-java-archive.png
/initrd/pup_ro2/usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME/application-x-java.png
/initrd/pup_ro2/usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME/text-x-java.png
/initrd/pup_ro2/usr/share/geany/filetypes.java
/initrd/pup_ro2/usr/share/geany/filetypes.javascript
/initrd/pup_ro2/usr/share/geany/templates/files/main.java
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/automake-1.10/am/java.am
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/bison/java-skel.m4
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/bison/java.m4
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/bison/lalr1.java
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/gettext/javaversion.class
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/mime/application/javascript.xml
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/mime/application/x-java-archive.xml
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/mime/application/x-java-jnlp-file.xml
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/mime/application/x-java-pack200.xml
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/mime/application/x-java.xml
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/mime/text/x-java.xml
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/javahelp
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/highlighting/java-hl.xml
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/highlighting/javascript-hl.xml
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/javahelp/javahelp.xsl
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/javahelp/profile-javahelp.xsl
/initrd/pup_ro4/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/params/javahelp.encoding.xml
/usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME/application-x-java-archive.png
/usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME/application-x-java.png
/usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX/MIME/text-x-java.png
/usr/share/automake-1.10/am/java.am
/usr/share/bison/java-skel.m4
/usr/share/bison/java.m4
/usr/share/bison/lalr1.java
/usr/share/geany/filetypes.java
/usr/share/geany/filetypes.javascript
/usr/share/geany/templates/files/main.java
/usr/share/gettext/javaversion.class
/usr/share/mime/application/javascript.xml
/usr/share/mime/application/x-java-archive.xml
/usr/share/mime/application/x-java-jnlp-file.xml
/usr/share/mime/application/x-java-pack200.xml
/usr/share/mime/application/x-java.xml
/usr/share/mime/text/x-java.xml
/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/javahelp
/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/highlighting/java-hl.xml
/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/highlighting/javascript-hl.xml
/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/javahelp/javahelp.xsl
/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/javahelp/profile-javahelp.xsl
/usr/share/xml/docbook/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/params/javahelp.encoding.xml
sh-3.00# locate libflashplayer.so
/initrd/pup_ro1/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sh-3.00# which seamonkey
/usr/bin/seamonkey

[rmcellig]

The locate command looks pretty simple. Does it also search for text within files as well? Once you have your search results, how do you access the result(s)?

Sorry for my cli ignorance. Is there a puppy GUI equivalent that is fast and flexible?

[trapster]

searchmonkey

[rokytnji]

The locate command looks pretty simple. Does it also search for text within files as well? Once you have your search results, how do you access the result(s)?

Sorry for my cli ignorance. Is there a puppy GUI equivalent that is fast and flexible?

Instead of going through opening file manager and leading through some steps.

Go with Trapsters recommendation as it has all the functions you seem to want with a GUI interface.

[Minimatter]

The traditional unix command-line search function is grep, often used with input piped in from or piped out to another command.

Puppy also comes with gui tools, pfilesearch and pfind (look them up in additional software), which searches either file names or text within files for a given fragment that you specify.

The mac, and also versions of Windows, build and maintain a large and hidden index structure that speeds up searches. I don't think Linux does anything comparable. The index is hidden from you; at least I've never found it. Linux tends not to hide anything.