Catfish File Search

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Catfish is a handy file searching tool for Linux and Unix. The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple, using only GTK+3. You can configure it to your needs by using several command line options.

You are encouraged to run catfish –help to check out the various command line options.

• Introduction to Catfish – What makes Catfish special
• Usage – Basic handling of the application

• Command-line Options – Parameters for starting Catfish

• python 3
• GTK+
• GLib (GLib / GObject Python bindings: GdkPixbuf, GLib, GTK 3, Pango, Cairo, Xfconf)
• Pexpect
• locate or mlocate

• catfish 4.20.1 released (2025年05月21日 08:36)

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• Download current release (older versions of this component are also available here)

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https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps/catfish/

• Reporting Bugs – List of currently open bugs and instructions on how to submit new bug reports

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