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sly rampart Oct 1, 2025, 9:12 AM

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anyone know why using asterisk to search recursively would suddenly stop working? i used to use it to search for all the sub-folders and files inside a folder but it doesn't seem to work... I tried rebooting and yeah, there are files in the directory I'm searching for

jovial pecan Oct 1, 2025, 9:15 AM

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Examples please

sly rampart Oct 1, 2025, 9:16 AM

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whoa, i realize the search itself isn't actually working

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it works for apps and the like just not for folders/files

jovial pecan Oct 1, 2025, 9:18 AM

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Do you mean the menu search?

sly rampart Oct 1, 2025, 9:18 AM

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like this for example

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usually it would list everything in the current folder

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it just suddenly stopped working

jovial pecan Oct 1, 2025, 9:21 AM

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Click on the arrow button next to Aa button right of the search field

sly rampart Oct 1, 2025, 9:21 AM

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oh my god, now i feel stupid. thank you

jovial pecan Oct 1, 2025, 9:22 AM

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You're welcome )

sly rampart Oct 1, 2025, 9:22 AM

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however, the search function itself, has it always been just able to search for apps and not files/folders?

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like here?

jovial pecan Oct 1, 2025, 9:23 AM

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If you mean search in the menu, I think it searches only what's in the menu

sly rampart Oct 1, 2025, 9:25 AM

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gotcha, thanks again

jovial pecan Oct 1, 2025, 9:30 AM

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You might want to look into cinnamenu applet for more powerful menu search

sly rampart Oct 1, 2025, 9:31 AM

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thanks, i'll look into that, i try not to install too much stuff since i broke my installation last time

jovial pecan Oct 1, 2025, 9:34 AM

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Please mark as solved. Right click the topic - edit tags - solved

deft cape Oct 1, 2025, 12:10 PM

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sly rampart like here?

don't use the "start" menu at all when searching for files.

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open file manager, (nemo) and press ctrl-f

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click some point in the file system; before ctrl-f

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then type. no need for * really

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if you have slow-ass external drives, unmount them first, before searching from the filesystem's root

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for more advanced search, including by date range, install kfind

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or catfish

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