NAME

       mdfind - search files matching a query in GWMetadata's database

SYNOPSIS

       mdfind [options] query

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the mdfind command.

       mdfind  is a tool to search for files matching a given query.  It is part of GWMetadata, a desktop search
       and indexing system for GNUstep.

OPTIONS

       -onlyin 'directory'
              limits the search to “directory”

       -s     reports also the score for each found path

       -c     reports only the count of each found path

       -a [attribute]
              if “attribute” is supplied, prints the attribute description, otherwise prints the attributes list

       -h     prints a help message and exits

       The query has the format: attribute operator value, where “attribute” is one of the  attributes  used  by
       the  mdextractor(1) tool when indexing (type mdfind -a for the attributes list), and “operator” is one of
       the following:

                     ==     equal

                     !=     not equal

                     <      less than (only for numeric values and dates)

                     <=     less than or equal (only for numeric values and dates)

                     >      greater than (only for numeric values and dates)

                     >=     greather than or equal (only for numeric values and dates)

       Value comparison modifiers for string values:
              Appending the ‘c’ character to the search value ("value"c) makes the query case insensitive.
              The ‘*’ wildcard can be used to match substrings anywhere in the search value.

       Combining queries:
              Queries can be combined using the ‘&&’ for AND, ‘||’ for OR  and  parentheses  to  define  nesting
              criteria.

SEE ALSO

       MDFinder(1), GWorkspace(1), GNUstep(7)

AUTHORS

       mdfind and GWMetadata were written by Enrico Sersale.

       This  manual  page  was  added  by  Yavor Doganov <yavor@gnu.org> for the Debian distribution because the
       original program does not have one.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

       Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium  without
       royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

                                                  June 19, 2014                                        mdfind(1)