_Software
name searchmonkey
screenshot
logo
caption A screenshot of searchmonkey UI
developer Adam Cottrell
latest_release_version 0.8.1
latest_release_date 05 February, 2007
operating_system Linux, other Unix and Unix-like systems
genre Text searching|
license
searchmonkey is a Gtk+ search utility originally written for use with the Unix operating system. Searchmonkey allows files, and contents of files to be matched using regular expression. The results are displayed showing the lines containing matches for the regular expression. Like Gtk, it is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.

Features
Searchmonkey allows you to:
  • Search specific folders for filenames

  • Match text strings on lines within a matched file

  • Limit results by file size/modified dates.


    • See also
  • find - Unix tool for finding files given an expression using the CLI

  • grep - Unix tool for finding expressions within a text file/string from the CLI

  • GNU locate - alternative search database using the Unix CLI

  • Beagle - Desktop search system for Linux.


    • External links
  • searchmonkey homepage and wiki

  • searchmonkey sourceforge project page


    • Category:Internet search engines
    Category:Free search engine software