My favorite Linux search tools make it easier to find your files - no command line needed

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Make searching for files easier with these GUI tools.
• Each of these apps will work on most distributions.
• You can install these tools for free.

In the early days of Linux, searching for files was a command-line affair using either locate or find. Although the tools were suitable for the job, they would sometimes fail to find what I was looking for or would require complicated regular expressions to function properly.

New users to Linux should avoid using regular expressions. This is especially true now, with the many great GUI applications available for Linux. After all, why would you bother with the command line when you can point and click your way to finding the files and folders you need?

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