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Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible?

From songbird <songbird@anthive.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible?
Date 2017-04-02 18:20 +0200
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Richard Owlett wrote:
> I am using Jessie with MATE desktop.
> I search for a string within a filename OR folder name.
> I must distinguish between files, folders and links to either.
> "Applications->Accessories->Search for files" will DISPLAY the data.
> *HOWEVER* attempting to record the data yields obfuscated data:
>
>> ITEM NOTE
>> [ 1] [1] /var/cache/apt/archives/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen_4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u11_all.deb
>> [ 2] [2] /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen
>> [ 3] [2] /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade/twentyfifteen.tmp/twentyfifteen
>> [ 4] [2] /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade/twentyfifteen.tmp
>> [ 5] [2] /usr/share/doc/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen
>> [ 6] [3] /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen
>> [ 7] [4] /usr/share/lintian/overrides/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen
>> [ 8] [4] /var/lib/dpkg/info/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen.list
>> [ 9] [1] /var/lib/dpkg/info/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen.md5sums
>> [10] [1] /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/languages/twentyfifteen.pot
>> [11] [1] /home/richard/Downloads/twentyfifteen.1.7.zip
>>
>>
>> Notes:
>> 1 a filename w extension
>> 2 folder
>> 3 link to folder
>> 4 a filename w/o extension
>>
>> NOTE BENE
>> Item 4 is a folder but resembels a filename w extension
>
> Any suggestions?

  use find.  sometimes trying to make a square peg
fit in a round hole isn't worth it.


  songbird

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Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-03-31 18:40 +0200
  Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-04-02 18:20 +0200
    Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-03 08:10 +0200
      Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-04-03 15:00 +0200
      Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from mate-search-tool -  possible?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-05 14:10 +0200
        Re: Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from  mate-search-tool - possible?] Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2017-04-05 15:30 +0200
          Re: Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from  mate-search-tool - possible?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-04-05 16:40 +0200
            Re: Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from  mate-search-tool - possible?] songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-04-05 17:50 +0200
        Re: Likely a BUG - was [Re: Recording needed data from  mate-search-tool - possible?] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-04-05 21:00 +0200

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