Generic term to indicate looking for a user initiated search
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How to install YaCy Search engine
I want to install YaCy Search engine, but could not find a way to do this on ubuntu 13.04
http://yacy.net/en/index.html
does any one knows how to do this
Thank you in advanced
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Cut WHOLE folder if it contains .jpg files
I am switching to UBUNTU from W 7. I have been using both for a while, and the perfect time has come to really switch just to Ubuntu now that my w7 crashed for good.
The big problem is, all my files ...
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How to remove “search options” in global search?
I've been looking around for an answer to my problem, but I don't know the proper name for it, wich makes it a bit hard.
I want to remove the "Uninstall / Launch" option when I use the Search icon ...
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Import python bindings for meta Tracker introspection
When I try to run the metaTracker introspection examples or import the Tracker module in iPython console I get an import error. Googling for this particular error message doesn't turn up anything ...
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how to match a file extension name in a file
i want to move a file into a directory, example i have file name extlist, its contains
.exe
.lnk
.inf
i try to use script like this
#!/bin/sh
a=`cat /home/harits/extlist`
for f in ...
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Why does “about:blank” tabs open up in Chrome every time I search in Unity's sidebar, even before pushing enter? [duplicate]
Ubuntu 13.04, Google Chrome Version 27.0.1453.110
I assume it's related to a program I have installed via apt-get, but not sure which.
As I am typing, while it is doing the "auto-completion" ...
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find and replace text geany in multiple files
I search a method to find and replace text in hundred of files.
I know that Geany finds text in multiple file. That's good.
But how to replace them?
Geany seams to do it only in file opened. How to ...
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How can I get Dash lenses to see files in network shares?
I'd love to get more use out of the Dash files/music/video/photos lenses, but all of my documents and media are on (CIFS) network shares. These shares are always mounted and the files always ...
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How to search multiple file names in Nautilus?
How to search for multiple file names at once in Ubuntu via the GUI? I tried Nautilus but without success.
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How can I tell when Files is done searching?
When I search for files in Files, it can take anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes for files to stop being added to the search results. Sometimes I think the search is done, but then more ...
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Open file or folder location directly when searching for it - Nautilus
I currently use nautilus as my default file manager. When I search for some file or folder, I also need to switch to the directory that contains the particular file or folder. It feels tedious to go ...
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Search results in gnome shell 3.8
I have two users on my ubuntu 13.04. Both use gnome shell 3.8 from the PPA. The problem I have is that with one of my user, the search tool in gnome shell does not work well. For example, searching ...
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How can I prevent Nautilus from showing search results?
How can I prevent Nautilus from showing search results?
First this is not for hiding .. you know.
I want to hide my MMORPG so I am the only that can play it. Is there a script, command, anything ...
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Amazon results not showing in dash
I really like Amazon search showing up on Dash. I've made a clean install of 13.04 and initially I would get results from Amazon and Ubuntu Music Store.
For instance, searching for 'Rush Presto' ...
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How can I make Dash search unopened files in Ubuntu 13.04? [duplicate]
One of the things that I can't seem to work out is how to do a full search of my documents in Ubuntu 13.04. The way it is now is that the search results from the dash seem quite random.
Ideally, I ...
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Something strange is going on with the search
When I click the Search icon it creates a blue screen which covers the whole screen except for the button bar. It goes back to normal when I click the button again.
What can I do to get it back?
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Nautilus search provider Gnome-Shell Activities / Overview
I do not get search results for files in the Gnome Shell overview except for files that are placed in my Home folder. Currently, I am using Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 with GS 3.8 from the Gnome3 PPA, but have ...
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CTRL+F Find/Search not active after clean install of Ubuntu 13.04
2 days after a completely clean install of 13.04 and no relevant changes to the system (keybd shortcuts etc.), CTRL+F does not work anywhere, with the exception of Chrome, where it opens the ...
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Searching for menu entries in desktop environments other than Unity
Does any other desktop environment have the type-to-search-application-menus feature found in Unity?
I’m curios about trying a more spartan desktop such as Xfce or LXDE. Or maybe something entirely ...
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What do the listed unity lenses do?
Ubuntu 12.04 synaptic package manager shows these unity lenses:
unity-lens-applications
unity-lens-files
unity-lens-music
unity-lens-video
What do the lenses do? And do they send dash searches or ...
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Thunderbird Missing from Messaging menu & Dash
I no longer need this issue solved as I have replaced Ubuntu with a different OS (nothing wrong with Ubuntu, just fancied a change). I reinstalled Ubuntu into a virtual machine and thunderbird began ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 suffers graphics corruption?
Ubuntu's dash turns green when I press the Super key after upgrading from Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 13.04. I'm not sure what causes the problem, and I haven't found any similar problems.
I have ...
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How to change default behavior of type of keyboard in ubuntu 13.04
I just upgraded to ubuntu 13.04, and I found it became search when I type something on my keyboard.
Actually it's good to have this search function, but I don't mean to search when I just type ...
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how do I disable recursive search in nautilus 3.6
Recursive search in nautilus 3.6 completely breaks my keyboard navigation. I often navigate network volumes, and typing to get directly to a folder and clicking enter was very quick. Now typing ...
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Saving Search index for google Desktop
I am using google desktop to index a large database of files. Now that the files have been index I want to be able to save the indexing files and use search the database on a different computer.
Is ...
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get a webpage from a local service
I was using the google-desktop's service for ubuntu (the abandoned package). You can get Google-desktop search results on a webpage in the browser. I was wondering if there is a way to get that ...
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How to use ubuntu dash as online search engine?
I want to know if online google search engine searches can be done from within ubuntu dash.
This is like a mini search engine within the ubuntu launcher.
If this is possible,how to do it?
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How to enable search panel of Dolphin in Unity?
I'm not using Kubuntu. But I installed Dolphin 2.0 from Ubuntu repository and liked it a lot and I want to use it instead of Nautilus. The biggest problem is that the search panel when enabled appears ...
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Why doesn't the application launcher search update after installing packages?
Is there a way to update the search in KDE's application launcher without logging out and back in? After I install packages most of the time the icon doesn't show up in the search until after I log ...
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grep list each file once
I'm looking some text in files , but three are a lot of files and searched text appears several times in one file, how can I receive a list of files that contains searched text with every file listed ...
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Dash (superkey) doesnt find any software and my software-center doesn't start
Can anybody help me? I have only access to software that is already shown in the starter..
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dash search results not showing my files
I am using the dash search to find files(mostly video files) but its only displaying recently played files.My files are in a different partition,and yes I have mounted those drives.How do I get the ...
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Search and Replace in vi is not working
I execute the following command in vi for search and replace:-
s/(searchPageEnhancements)?"|":((!isFirst)?" | ":"")/(searchPageEnhancements && ...
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Unity dash has incorrect search results
After messing around with drivers for a bit, my Unity plugin from Compiz became disabled and I had to turn it back on. After that happened, my dash started giving me weird responses to my searches.
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GUI Search for local and Server content
I have a Ubuntu 12.04 installed on a client and server machine with over 3 tb of data. How can data be indexed for quick searches between the two systems?
I would like to see the option to span both ...
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How to search results online using unity dash? [duplicate]
I just want to know if you can search results on your preferred search engine(eg google) online using the dash
For example, searching for results on 'nature' in dash itself.If this is possible,how to ...
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Program for managing “Profiles” (Home, work…)
I'm looking for a program that manage profiles for System settings like Network, Displays, Mouse, Power etc. For example: One profile for work to enable new Proxy Settings, setting Brightness and turn ...
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Using shortkeys to search the internet for a term selected in a text editor/viewer running under Wine?
There is a very elegant solution to use shortkeys to search the internet (or translate on Google Translation etc) a text selected in a text editor/viewer, but that solution does not seem to work in ...
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Nautilus search is sticking
When I search for, say, Stellarium using the Nautilus, it seems to pause for an awfully long time, then give no results. Then, when I fiddle with the "Search results" menu, sometimes, it will give me ...
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Searching techniques via Nautilus or otherwise
Lets say I have following files in a folder
Blue-Green-Red
Red-Yellow-Blue
Green-Black-red
Now I want to search files having 'green' and 'red' as part of their names (case insensitive), how i do ...
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User-defined search rules in Liferea
I'm using Liferea 1.8.12 on Ubuntu Gnome Remix 12.10 and searching for a way to apply user-defined search rules to a specific folder in Liferea.
E.g.:
A folder "Economy" contains 10 RSS feeds. A ...
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Open all files containing certain text
I am looking for a terminal way. Open all files in /foo/bar containing the string foobar. How?
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Recursive list of files with names that don't contain a certain string
I have: a directory with many nested subdirectories and files.
I would like: a list of all files whose name doesn't contain a certain string.
Example file structure:
foo/
foo/bar/foobar.txt
...
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Konsole like terminal for Gnome
I would like to switch from Kubuntu to Ubuntu but so far I couldn't find a terminal emulator for Gnome which had history support like Konsole does. In Konsole you can set the history to be unlimited ...
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Search engine for ubuntu users
Is there a good search engine to find solutions to the problems that ubuntu users face? Ask Ubuntu has a lot of answers, but there are other places that have relevant information as well. Google ...
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How to search for source packages?
I can use aptitude to search for packages using a search term. For example, to search for all packages whose name begins with Foo:
$ aptitude search Foo*
However, this listing does not include ...
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When I'm on the desktop and I type anything a small window opens. What is it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the text box on the desktop for?
When I'm on the desktop of Ubuntu, I type something and it appears in a small window in the lower right corner of the screen. ...
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How can I have a dash-like search on Xubuntu 12.10 / XFCE?
About 1.5 years ago, I tried out Ubuntu 11.04. I remember the dash being a rather helpful tool and I like the equivalent features on both Windows 7 (via the Start-button) and the Mac OS.
When I press ...
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Searching files - regular expressions with square brackets
I use gnome-search-tool for searching files/folders.
There I can put regular expression to filter through file names.
I need some help with my custom filter(search).
My folders have format: ...
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How do I control when dash sends queries out on the internet for search lenses?
I like all the cool search lenses (like github and wikipedia), but I want to control if/when dash initiates an online search. Is there a way to limit that to only when I explicitly click on that ...
