Desktop Search Recommendation

[Basil Chupin]

On 02/08/2010 18:02, wjventer at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Basil
>
> I am looking for an application that can search for words inside documents.
>
> Johan
> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Basil Chupin<blchupin at iinet.net.au>
> Sender: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:48:58
> To:<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support,
> 	not for general discussions"<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Desktop Search Recommendation
>
> On 02/08/2010 15:09, wjventer at gmail.com wrote:
>    
>> Hi all
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a desktop search application for use on Ubuntu 10.4?  The only requirement is that it not be too resources intensive.  My laptop is a Lenovo G550 with 2Gb of RAM.
>>
>> Johan
>> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!
>>
>>      
> What exactly do you mean by "desktop search application"?
>
> If you have Ubuntu Lucid installed you already have a search facility
> under Applications>Accessories>Search for Files.
>
> Or if you have mc (Midnight Commander) installed you have a search
> facility there.
>
> Or, if you are into command line usage then there are command line
> commands which will find you every thing you want (and about which I
> have almost no knowledge :-( ).
>
> So, what exactly are you looking for :-) ?
>
> BC
>    

Well, there you are. When first asking, provide the appropriate info in 
the first instance and you will get the answer as the one Mihamina 
provided :-) .

Nobody here, or anywhere, is a mind reader :-) - if you see what I mean.

BC

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