Catfish - Command-line Options

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

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

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