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Searchmonkey - power searching without the pain
Searchmonkey bridges the gap between Beagle (simple interface, large search net) and find/grep (powerful searching, small search net).
searchmonkey is hosted by Sourceforge
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What is searchmonkey?
A fast real-time search engine for displaying regular expression matches (both file name and content) across multiple directories.
Written in Gtk2 it is highly portable, and as well as running on Linux, ports are available on FreeBSD, or even Windows and MacOS.
Why searchmonkey?
Linux currently has two leading search methods:
* Beagle - simple to use, but shows too many matches. * Find/Grep - hard to use, but provides exact matching.
Searchmonkey takes the best features from both.
It provides a simple to use interface, but has the power of find and grep combined. In addition, the end search result is an easy to browse list of matching files, and matching lines.
Who would benefit from searchmonkey?
Anyone who has a large number of pure text files will benefit. Anyone working on source code will make good use of this programme.
Searching a large amount number of text files, across many directories, is both tedious, and time consuming. Searchmonkey works quickly to narrow down your requests, and with the power of regular expressions, it can target exact matches only.
How to use Searchmonkey?
Read the Searchmonkey User Guide or browse the topics in the User Guide Category.
Where to download searchmonkey source code
Searchmonkey is in active development, and source code can be downloaded from:
- Sourceforge - contains the latest stable source code release from the developer
- Freshmeat - provides links to the Sourceforge site.
- GnomeFiles - provides links to the Sourceforge site.
- Softpedia - alternative download site.
- Gfiles - GTK/GNOME GNU/Linux Software.
RPMs, DEBs and ports for specific systems
Distribution and system specific ports are also available from:
| Distribution | Repository | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| SuSe 10.x | Guru | Primary site for SuSe RPMs |
| FreeBSD 6.x | FreshPorts | Primary site for BSD ports |
| Fedora Core 5/6 | ATrpms | Primary site for FC5/6 RPMs |
| Ubuntu | getdeb.net | Primary site for debian packages |
| Debian | available in the each distribution | Debian GNU\Linux |
| Hedinux GNU/Linux | Packages | Hedinux |
| Gentoo | available in Portage | Gentoo |
