(SOLVED)find doesn't work

[T6]

a wise genius!

[pags]

you sir, you are a genius!

it was as simple as that!   

all i had to do was add a * before and after the word and it gave me 4 correct solutions

why i didn't found this info is beyond me 

thank you!

That's the same direction I pointed    But I mentioned the command line tool.  I'm guessing the GUI is a front-end to it, so it has the same quirks.

.gvfs is part of Gnome Virtual File System ...  it uses fuse, IIRC, and does create some error when accessed by a non-owner (including root), but they are not critical.

T6, you mentioned using find at the command line...

ok, so it is something in my installations that i didn't do

using your command in konsole, but i use find /home -iname anameofafile  returned this

find: `/home/john/.gvfs': Permission denied

and that was as root

Try:

Code:

find /home -iname *anameofafile*

Instead

The wildcards help expand the search...

Anyway, it's all solved, so that's all good. 

[T6]

sorry, i didn't understood what you explained 

[pags]

sorry, i didn't understood what you explained 

No worries

As I said, solved is all good.

[uncleV]

Titus,
did you try find in a real console [Ctrl-Alt-(F1-F6)]?