Search for file name in Dolphin

[O. Sinclair]

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On 04/08/2014 13:41, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Em segunda-feira, 04 de agosto de 2014, às 08:23:45, support
> escreveu:
>> Marcelo,
>> 
>> I could not reproduce the problem in Dolphin, it provides the
>> correct search results (Kubuntu 14.04 updated to latest).  Just
>> to confirm are you clicking on the binoculars in dolphin and
>> typing the file name? Have you tried multiple options such as
>> just using the extension, trying other file names you know are in
>> your home directory, etc?  Just to rule out what you are
>> experiencing is not caused by a vagary of the file name itself.
>> 
>> Also, if your system is new it might still be building the search
>> index - if that's the case I'd wait a couple of days and then
>> try.
>> 
>> Thank you
> 
> Yes, I'm clicking the binoculars or using CTRL+F. I've tried parts
> of file names (with and without wildcards) and complete file names
> (with or without extension), but it always says "No items found"
> (translated from portuguese, may be slightly different in english)
> when I do a search in this specific folder I'm looking into.. I
> guess there's something wrong with indexing here. But I don't
> really need desktop search, so I didn't bother trying to find out
> what's wrong with it. If possible, I'd rather disable desktop
> search and go for a simple file system search, like in the old
> days. Is it possible? If not, I'll have to try fixing the desktop
> search... Is it a problem if the folder I'm searching into is a
> soft link for a folder in another device (which is indexed, of
> course)? For example, I'm searching into the "folder"
> /home/marcelo/Videos, but Videos is not a real folder, it is a soft
> link to /mnt/Storage_4TB/Videos. Storage_4TB is indexed (well, I'm
> assuming it is, because it's not listed in the "Do not search these
> places" box in System Settings -> Desktop Search). Maybe this
> confuses Dolphin or Baloo when processing the search?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marcelo
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> On 04/08/2014 08:08, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to do a search for a file name in Dolphin,
>>> without using desktop search? For some reason, nothing is ever
>>> found when a search for anything and I really don't need
>>> desktop search. I only need a simple, old fashioned, file name
>>> search. Is it possible? How?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Marcelo
> 
> 
There used to be a service-plugin for using Kfind from Dolphin but it
seems to have gone missing. Perhaps first of all install kfind and
experiment a bit?

Otherwise there is the recoll alternative if you can not get Baloo to
work (assuming you are on KDE 4.13.x)
http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Recoll?content=52353

IF you have baloo and it is not working search around for how to force
a manual reindexing. For me it works very well but I had to do a
forced reindexing to get it in "good shape"
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