Catfish for file search?

[seoneal7]

Unless I've missed it, Linux Lite doesn't come with a utility for searching the file system. Is there any reason why this might be?

[valtam]

Menu, System, Install Additional Software, File & Folder Search.

[seoneal7]

Okay. I feel silly. Thank you. 

[joebee]

You can also install gnome-search-tool from the synaptic package manager and compare it to catfish.

[rokytnji]

Code:

$ apt show catfish
Package: catfish
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 744 kB
Maintainer: Jackson Doak <[email protected]>
Version: 1.0.2-2
Depends: python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~), gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-pango-1.0, gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0, python3-gi-cairo, python3-pexpect
Recommends: mlocate | locate
Download-Size: 69.0 kB
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/catfish-search
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 3y
Task: xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop
APT-Sources: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe i386 Packages
Description: File searching tool which is configurable via the command line
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.

Use the search box to install it via synaptic package manager if you wish to install it. I find it faster though using

Code:

$ locate libflashplayer.so
/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so

Try the locate command. It will teach you something. "locate bash", "locate wget" , "locate mumble".