====== Command-line Options ======

The general usage of the command line options is:
<code>catfish [OPTION...] path query</code>

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

? Application Options
! <nowiki>--version; -h, --help; -v, --verbose; --large-icons; --thumbnails; --iso-time; --exact; --hidden; --fulltext; --start</nowiki>

===== Application Options =====

? --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