Re: Interesting utilities

From	XeCycle <xecycle@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Interesting utilities
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Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> writes:

> On 2011-10-16, XeCycle <xecycle@gmail.com> wrote:
>> jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> writes:
>>> It is very useful, and I never found something even remotely
>>> equivalent under linux/sun os
>>
>> What about `locate' from GNU Findutils?
>
> Locate searches only file names, not their contents.
>
> That's been a staple of Linux distros as far as I can remember (which could
> potentially takes us back as far as 1993).
>
> Long before operating systems "for the rest of them" started getting
> any kind of indexing.

I remembered something else, if you don't mind a GUI that comes along:

Pinot: http://pinot.berlios.de/
Recoll: http://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/index.html.en

I have tried Pinot, which does the work well, however I stopped it since
I didn't use it very much, and it takes quite some resources.

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Interesting utilities jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-10-11 11:57 +0200
  Re: Interesting utilities Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-10-15 00:35 -0400
    Re: Interesting utilities jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-10-15 13:06 +0200
      Re: Interesting utilities Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-15 10:26 -0700
      [OT] Interesting utilities Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-10-15 16:14 -0400
      Re: Interesting utilities Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-16 01:24 +0000
        Re: Interesting utilities jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-10-16 09:45 +0200
        Re: Interesting utilities jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-10-16 14:05 +0200
          Re: Interesting utilities jacob navia <jacob@spamsink.net> - 2011-10-16 14:39 +0200
            Re: Interesting utilities Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-17 16:38 +0000
  Re: Interesting utilities Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-16 01:18 +0000
    Re: Interesting utilities Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-16 14:34 +1300
  Re: Interesting utilities XeCycle <xecycle@gmail.com> - 2011-10-16 10:42 +0800
    Re: Interesting utilities Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com> - 2011-10-16 03:53 +0000
      Re: Interesting utilities XeCycle <xecycle@gmail.com> - 2011-10-16 21:25 +0800

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