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666philb · #641 Post by **666philb** » Tue 06 Oct 2015, 11:09

hi zigbert,

/root/.config/rox.sourceforge.net/OpenWith/.inode_directory/Search with pFind

is pointing to /usr/local/apps/PFind but should be /usr/local/apps/pFind

zigbert · #642 Post by **zigbert** » Tue 06 Oct 2015, 14:36

Version 6.2 is repacked to fix rox rightclick
Thanks to 666philb

B.K. Johnson · #643 Post by **B.K. Johnson** » Mon 26 Oct 2015, 17:39

@zigbert
Perhaps you missed this post from 2011 or the problem/fix fell off your ToDo list and I, being a relative noob at the time failed to follow up. I just confirmed that it still exists.

sources-3-15-4 resides in /mnt/home/ the boot flash drive. Two other instances of the same file name exists on a hard drive. pfind finds only those files on the hard drive. The search path is the default, /mnt or /root. See screenshots.

zigbert · #644 Post by **zigbert** » Fri 30 Oct 2015, 21:40

B.K. Johnson
Sorry for not managing all feedback!

Please try to clear the Exclude field (press the advanced button).

Sigmund

B.K. Johnson · #645 Post by **B.K. Johnson** » Sun 01 Nov 2015, 04:59

@zigbert

Please try to clear the Exclude field (press the advanced button).

Searched for 2 Directories, once with the Directory radio button enabled and another time with a filename only. In no instance did pFind find the target in /mnt/home. The target was found when I changed the "Search in" window to /mnt/home.

zigbert · #646 Post by **zigbert** » Sun 01 Nov 2015, 21:40

Be aware that /mnt/home is a symlink to /initrd/mnt/dev_save.
Please activate the 'Follow symlinks' checkbox.

B.K. Johnson · #647 Post by **B.K. Johnson** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 05:24

Zigbert wrote::

Please activate the 'Follow symlinks' checkbox.

Target in /mnt/home/ found with that box checked. Thanks.

As most of my searches are within /root and /home, is there a way I can change the default?

zigbert · #648 Post by **zigbert** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 15:09

default values is set from menu File>Configure.

B.K. Johnson · #649 Post by **B.K. Johnson** » Mon 02 Nov 2015, 18:39

Got it working. Thanks.

live · #650 Post by **live** » Wed 04 Nov 2015, 00:01

Feature request:

When pfind list all the matches it should be possible to physically move the files, the right-click option "move" only create symlink.

Thanks

don570 · #651 Post by **don570** » Wed 04 Nov 2015, 01:22

Try the command feature in the menu

I think you select some files in the hit list and write something like

mv [files] /root

Zigbert gives the instructions...

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zigbert · #652 Post by **zigbert** » Wed 04 Nov 2015, 21:11

live
Thank you for the feedback. The bug is added to the todo list.
In the meanwhile, please follow don570's advice. The syntax is

mv [FILE] /path/

explained in the pFind gui

don570 · #653 Post by **don570** » Thu 05 Nov 2015, 01:04

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mv [FILE] /path/

I was mixed up because it does support multiple 'files'

Method: Select filename from hitlist and use middle mouse click to transfer
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B.K. Johnson · #654 Post by **B.K. Johnson** » Fri 11 Dec 2015, 01:05

@Zigbert
I was intruiged by rmcellig using pFind to copy search results to a directory for his radio show. I thought it would be even more space efficient to symlink rather than copy the search results. Alas, the "Link" option allows only a single file to be symlinked. Would you consider implementing a similar GUI and execution as the "Copy" case for symlinking multiple files? We would essentially be able to create playlists.

zigbert · #655 Post by **zigbert** » Sun 13 Dec 2015, 13:51

will look at it... just need some time

zigbert · #656 Post by **zigbert** » Thu 17 Dec 2015, 20:20

B.K. Johnson wrote:@Zigbert
I was intruiged by rmcellig using pFind to copy search results to a directory for his radio show. I thought it would be even more space efficient to symlink rather than copy the search results. Alas, the "Link" option allows only a single file to be symlinked. Would you consider implementing a similar GUI and execution as the "Copy" case for symlinking multiple files? We would essentially be able to create playlists.

pFind can do what you ask for.
It allows advanced managing of searchresult.
Check out menu->Actions->Execute command

don570 · #657 Post by **don570** » Thu 17 Dec 2015, 21:30

I wonder if it is possible to grep through the file list to search for a term
and then print the line.

like

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grep -i '<expression>'  [FILE]   > /root/results.txt

Maybe clicking advanced button is better
for searches of text in file

but the above method might reduce the number of files to search inside

zigbert · #658 Post by **zigbert** » Thu 17 Dec 2015, 22:15

Yes you can
I like the idea, I haven't thought of that one

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grep -i '<expression>'  [FILE]   >> /root/results.txt

B.K. Johnson · #659 Post by **B.K. Johnson** » Fri 18 Dec 2015, 00:38

zigbert
Thanks. That wasn't long at all.

Your posted solution works fine

, but I'd much prefer what I asked for. The reason is that for a long path, there is trouble remembering it, more typing and attendant risk of mistyping than finding the directory with ROX or whichever file manager is in use. In fact, the actual path I was working with was
/mnt/sda1/Documents and Settings/user/My Documents/My Music/Playlist-1
So much easier to remember and type /root/test2

zigbert · #660 Post by **zigbert** » Fri 18 Dec 2015, 08:35

B.K. Johnson
I understand. My point is that don570 also shows a great action. Somewhere we get to the 'advanced' point - and then the 'execute command' gives us the freedom to do whatever... To implement all kind of actions with different parameters is not the way I want to go.

We have many tools in Puppy for building playlists.
- pMusic is my offer.
- don570 has given us mkplaylists
- pFind can export to textfile (which in fact is a simple m3u playlist)
- gmplayer

Note!
To add the long path to the 'execute command' field, just drag the folder from rox into the field.

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