mdfind1
Search files matching a query in gwmetadata's database
Usage
mdfind [options]
query
Overview
This manual page documents briefly the mdfind command.
mdfind is a tool to search for files matching a given query. It is part of GWMetadata, a desktop search and indexing system for GNUstep.
Options
-onlyin'directory'-
limits the search to “directory”
-
-s -
reports also the score for each found path
-
-c -
reports only the count of each found path
-a[attribute]-
if “attribute” is supplied, prints the attribute description, otherwise prints the attributes list
-
-h -
prints a help message and exits
The query has the format: attribute operator value, where “attribute” is one of the attributes used by the mdextractor(1) tool when indexing (type mdfind -a for the attributes list), and “operator” is one of the following:
==
|
equal |
|---|---|
!=
|
not equal |
<
|
less than (only for numeric values and dates) |
<=
|
less than or equal (only for numeric values and dates) |
>
|
greater than (only for numeric values and dates) |
>=
|
greather than or equal (only for numeric values and dates) |
Value comparison modifiers for string values:
Appending the ‘c’ character to the search value ("value"c) makes the query case insensitive.
The ‘*’ wildcard can be used to match substrings anywhere in the search value.
Combining queries:
Queries can be combined using the ‘&&’ for AND, ‘||’ for OR and parentheses to define nesting criteria.
Releases
Unchanged in 5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch).