Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2017 February 11

= February 11 =

ubuntu search in multiple folders
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I have a part of my music collection on my local harddrive and part of it on a network disk. So when I want to find a particular file I first search on my local harddrive, and then the network disk. Kinda hassle-some.

Is there a way to search within multiple folder on Ubuntu using the GUI? I googled "ubuntu search in multiple folders", "linux search in multiple folders", "nautilus search in multiple folders" but nothing useful came up.

I can you can do it on the command line, but I prefer a GUI solution if at all possible. Thanks. ECS LIVA Z (talk) 03:51, 11 February 2017 (UTC)


 * You can create a symbolic link in your local harddrive pointing to the network disk. For the GUI the network disk will become just another folder.
 * Use
 * ln -s /.../network_disk/* /.../local_HD/
 * --Terurme (talk) 18:19, 11 February 2017 (UTC)