Catfish - Command-line Options

The general usage of the command line options is:

catfish [OPTION...] path query

Here is a summary of all the options. Explanations are in the following sections.

? Application Options ! --version; -h, --help; -v, --verbose; --large-icons; --thumbnails; --iso-time; --exact; --hidden; --fulltext; --start; --close-after-select; --persist-after-select

? –version ! Show Catfish version number and exit

? -h, –help ! Show command-line options and exit

? -v, –verbose ! Show debug messages (-vv increases verbosity)

? –large-icons ! Display results with large icons instead of thumbnails

? –thumbnails ! Display results with thumbnails instead of large icons

? –iso-time ! Display timestamps in ISO format

? –exact ! Perform “exact” searches, where search results must match the query string completely

? –hidden ! Include hidden files in the search results

? –fulltext ! Perform “fulltext” searches, where search results contain the query string in the file contents

? –start ! If path and query are provided, start searching when Catfish is started

? –close-after-select ! Closes the window after a file is opened

? –persist-after-select ! Keep the window open after a file is opened

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