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ultralytenment

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From: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Registered: 2010-01-22

Posts: 19

Search using gmrun and catfish

Search Using catfish and gmrun

Installation of catfish and Configuration of gmrun

1. Install catfish: sudo apt-get install catfish

2. Edit gmrun's configuration file: nano ~/.gmrunrc or gedit ~/.gmrunrc

3. Add these two lines to .gmrunrc:

URL_s = catfish --hidden --path=/ '%s'
URL_sh = catfish --hidden --path=/home/yourhome/ '%s'

4. Make sure to change “yourhome” to the name of your home directory. If desired, you can alter URL_s and URL_sh to any other keyword. For instance, URL_search or URL_searchhome. You can also eliminate hidden files from your search by removing –hidden from the commands above. Lastly, you can alter the search path by editing ”–path=”.

5 Save and exit your editor.

How to invoke catfish in gmrun

1. Call gmrun using alt-f2

2. Type either s:searchterm or sh:searchterm to search either your file system or your home directory for your “searchterm”.

That's it! You can now search for files and folders using catfish and gmrun!

** From the wiki page I created -- http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/howto/s … andcatfish

corenominal

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From: Lincoln, UK

Registered: 2008-11-20

Posts: 4,887

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Re: Search using gmrun and catfish

Cool tip/trick, thank you for sharing.

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iggykoopa

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Registered: 2008-12-13

Posts: 1,480

Re: Search using gmrun and catfish

I'm using it now. I don't have to search much, but this is convenient for when I do. Thanks

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atomicbricks

#! CrunchBanger

From: Cambridge, MA, USA

Registered: 2010-01-12

Posts: 100

Re: Search using gmrun and catfish

Thanks for this, it works very well.

I use my #! netbook for grad school and the search function is way easier then file browsing for pdf articles or calculation sheets through the hundred of folders I use to try keeping this stuff organized.

Midas

#! Member

Registered: 2009-06-19

Posts: 53

Re: Search using gmrun and catfish

Adopted here, too. Thanks for sharing.

deh

#! CrunchBanger

From: Floripa

Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 103

Re: Search using gmrun and catfish

awesome! something I didn't know I was missing.

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Pi

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Registered: 2009-10-12

Posts: 72

Re: Search using gmrun and catfish

Nifty, thanks.

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