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

--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