exien Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 So I switched to Linux and it's great, but on windows I used a program called Ava Find. This program indexed all my files and when I wanted to search for something it started displaying the results even as I was typing in my search query. So I really liked it b/c I could find files really easily; unfortunately, it is windows only. Does anybody know if there is an equivalent program that runs in Linux (fedora core specifically)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolCatBad Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Suggest you ask in the Unix/Linux section, or search Freshmeat/Sourceforge http://freshmeat.net/ http://sourceforge.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSN6 Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 So I switched to Linux and it's great, but on windows I used a program called Ava Find. This program indexed all my files and when I wanted to search for something it started displaying the results even as I was typing in my search query. So I really liked it b/c I could find files really easily; unfortunately, it is windows only. Does anybody know if there is an equivalent program that runs in Linux (fedora core specifically)? That program was really superb, thanks for letting us know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
configure Veteran Posted March 2, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 2, 2004 Moved to the Linux forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemical Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 as root run updatedb then use the locate command.. man locate for advanced usage ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted March 2, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 2, 2004 updatedb is normally scheduled to run periodically by cron. If it isn't scheduled, or if you added the file since after the last run, you will need to execute it manually like kemical said. Once it has been run, you can locate as many files as you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exien Posted March 3, 2004 Author Share Posted March 3, 2004 Works very nice, thanks kemical + markjensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxBoy Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 there's also the traditional find which does work, but it's a bit slower.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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