Search and ye shall find, I hope,

[Golffinn]

This is my first post. I have only recently been introduced to Linux and have a lot to learn. Being a silver surfer also means I am sometimes slow on the uptake but that is another story
I have a meeting to attend tonight and I need to find a number of documents that contain similar themes. For instance say I have a hundred poems and 9 of them contain the word "dream". How can I out sort those 9 documents.

It is a forlorn hope that this will be read and answered prior to the meeting but I have nothing to lose. :-[

[rijnsma]

On the web or on your computer?

On the web it is for instance Google.
In your computer maybe Searchmonkey or something alike.

[Golffinn]

Thank you for taking the time to reply.

These are personally written documents which are in a file on the computer.

[rijnsma]

You're welcome.
It is normal searching I think?


Maybe this is of some help.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14445...-the-files

[LL-user]

Hi Golffinn,

Welcome to the LL community!

What program did you use to create these documents? Meaning, which type of documents do you store your poems in? Like plain text files (*.txt), Word files (*.doc), Open/LibreOffice files (*.odt)... and the list goes on.
The type of file will determine which method for searching is best suited.

Good luck with you meeting!

[rokytnji]

Code:

$ locate dream
/home/harry/.audacious/Skins/raydream_aquila_blue.wsz
/home/harry/.icons/black-white_2-Style/scalable/mimetypes/maybe soon/dreamweaver (lbi).png
/home/harry/Music/Misc/Rock/evanescence - bleed (i must be dreaming).mp3
/home/harry/Music/Misc/Rock/sweetdreams.mp3
/home/harry/Music/Misc/Rock/Robin Trower/Daydream.mp3
/home/harry/Music/music_xt2/Rock/evanescence - bleed (i must be dreaming).mp3
/home/harry/Music/music_xt2/Rock/sweetdreams.mp3
/home/harry/Music/music_xt2/Rock/Robin Trower/Daydream.mp3
/usr/share/audacious/Skins/raydream_aquila_blue.wsz
/usr/share/icons/ubudao-style/apps/Macromedia-dreamweaver.png
/usr/share/icons/ubudao-style/apps/Tool of my dreams.png
/usr/share/media-player-info/htc_dream_adp1_g1_magic_tattoo.mpi

[N4RPS]

Hello!

Another way is to use Catfish File Search, installed through Lite Software...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob