Set find command defaults in finder

Hello.
When calling the find command in finder (cmd-f), search criteria are by default set to Kind is Any. I'd like to add some, e.g. Sytem files are included (instead of having to do this manually in almost every search). Can't find anything on this in the net. Would there be a way to do this?
Thanks

Set your criteria, then click the little save button in the row just under the toolbar in the Find window. Name the search set. This will save the criteria for use again.
If you also set the option to show the saved search in the Sidebar, you can easily access it the next time you need it.

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I just discovered another way to set the finder Find option to default to "find by name" (search by file name). I'm using Mac OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion. I'm not sure if this works on other OS versions, but it probably does.
Here's a step by step:
#1: Open System Preferences
#2: Click on "Keyboard"
#3: Click on "Keyboard Shortcuts"
#4: Click on "Application Shortcuts" (on my system this was the last item located on the left-hand side window)
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I tried to post this to other previous discussions asking this same question, but they were all locked.

Apple doesn’t routinely monitor the discussions. These are mostly user to user discussions.
Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
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iMac 5K, Yosemite
In Safari and Preview, I note a change from earlier versions. When I use the cmd-F Find command to search the contents of a page or document, it finds only cases where the search string is at the beginning of a word, not when it is in the middle. This can be really a problem for some kinds of searches, for example when you know the root word but can't anticipate all of the prefixes that could be used in the document.
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Find command make me crazy

Hi Folks,
Find command make me crazy
Solaris 9
Kernel patch 118558-34
1) 2 Find command /usr/bin/find and /usr/local/bin/find
# ls -lh /usr/bin/find
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root bin 20K Apr 6 2002 /usr/bin/find
# ls -lh /usr/local/bin/find
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 328K Jun 21 2002 /usr/local/bin/find
What is the actual different b/w these two find commands
2) For non root account users use /usr/local/bin/find command (by default) and give the following error when I try to remove the file with find command.
/usr/local/bin/find . -mtime +1 -exec ls -lh {} \;
Value too large for defined data type
Value too large for defined data type
Value too large for defined data type
Value too large for defined data type
Value too large for defined data type
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if I just just find command it shows permission denied
$ /usr/bin/find . -print
/usr/bin/find: cannot open .: Permission denied
The complete directory path has enough permission.

$ truss /usr/bin/find . -print
execve("/usr/bin/find", 0xFFBFFA9C, 0xFFBFFAAC) argc = 3
resolvepath("/usr/lib/ld.so.1", "/usr/lib/ld.so.1", 1023) = 16
resolvepath("/usr/bin/find", "/usr/bin/find", 1023) = 13
stat("/usr/bin/find", 0xFFBFF870) = 0
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stat("/usr/lib/libc.so.1", 0xFFBFF378) = 0
resolvepath("/usr/lib/libc.so.1", "/usr/lib/libc.so.1", 1023) = 18
open("/usr/lib/libc.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3
mmap(0x00010000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ALIGN, 3, 0) = 0xFF3A0000
mmap(0x00010000, 802816, PROT_NONE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_NORESERVE|MAP_ANON|MAP_ALIGN, -1, 0) = 0xFF280000
mmap(0xFF280000, 702900, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0xFF280000
mmap(0xFF33C000, 24688, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 704512) = 0xFF33C000
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stat("/usr/lib/libdl.so.1", 0xFFBFF378) = 0
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mmap(0xFF3FA000, 1894, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0) = 0xFF3FA000
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resolvepath("/usr/platform/SUNW,Sun-Fire-V490/lib/libc_psr.so.1", "/usr/platform/sun4u-us3/lib/libc_psr.so.1", 1023) = 41
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getustack(0xFFBFF6B4)
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getcontext(0xFFBFF4E8)
setustack(0xFF343A74)
brk(0x000261C0) = 0
brk(0x000281C0) = 0
time() = 1346071131
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fstat64(3, 0xFFBFEF48) = 0
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open("./..", O_RDONLY|O_NDELAY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, 0xFFBFEF48) = 0
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fstat64(3, 0xFFBFEF48) = 0
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A Unix question: find command

Hi all,
Sorry for posting a Unix question here.
In the following directory I have:
/opt/SonicSoftware/SonicMQ/samples/TopicPubSub/DurableChat>ls
DurableChat.class DurableChat.java Readme.txt
However, if I try:
/opt/SonicSoftware>find -iname DurableChat.class
The path can not be found, it just gives me the prompt back; I don't know what the reason is. Any idea?

I'm just wondering can the symbolic link be the
reason that class file can not be found (I guess, not
though, b/c other classes can be found):What do you mean "not found"?
Do you mean why the find command isn't finding it? Yes, that's why. But now that you know, you can use -follow.
Or do you mean the VM is unable to find the class at runtime? I'm almost certain the classloader can follow symbolic links in the classpath, so I don't think that's the problem.
>
/opt/SonicSoftware/SonicMQ/samples/TopicPubSub/Chat>..
/../SonicMQ.sh DurableChat -u AlwaysUp
Exception in thread "main"
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: DurableChat
Should I change the path that it won't be symbolic
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I can't play wmv files on my mac. I've downloaded Flip4Mac and set as the default player by clicking on a wmv file in Finder and clicking Command I. Nothing is working, Help please.

I've downloaded Flip4Mac and set as the default player by clicking on a wmv file in Finder and clicking Command I. Nothing is working, Help please.

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Hello, I'm new to applescript. I'm trying to write a script to compare column B of one excel file to column B of the another excel file.
I will have to had a repeat loop to proceed down the column but I'm stuck on the find command.
Below is some of the code I have so far. The applescript error message is "Microsoft Excel got an error: The object you are trying to access does not exist. It highlights the find column."
set patientFile to choose file with prompt "Please select the patient Excel file:"
set patientName to name of (info for patientFile)
tell application "Microsoft Excel"
open patientFile
set thepatientFile to workbook patientName
end tell
display dialog "Is your patient SNP data in column B of the " & " " & patientName & " " & "excel file?" buttons {"No", "Yes"} default button 2
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else
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if the button returned of the result is "No" then
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if the button returned of the result is "Cancel" then
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else
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open relativeFile
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end if
end if
display dialog "Is your relative SNP data in column B of the" & " " & relativeName & " " & "excel file?" buttons {"No", "Yes"} default button 2
if the button returned of the result is "No" then
display dialog "Please put your data in column B" buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1
if the button returned of the result is "Cancel" then
end if
else
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if the button returned of the result is "No" then
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if the button returned of the result is "Cancel" then
end if
else
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activate object workbook patientName
copy value of cell "A1" to cellPatientFile
find (range "B:B" of workbook relativeName) what cellPatientFile
if cellPatientFile is true then
set bold of font object of cellPatientFile to true
end if
end tell
end if
end if
Does any one have any hints towards solving this problem? Thank you for any help.

Hi,
taffners wrote:
Thank you everyone for your help. I attached my code. It works now but kinda slow. Does anyone have any hints on making it faster.
Important : when you use the find command, it's preferable to use the properties ( look in and look at).
Example : find searchRange what searchTerm look in values look at whole
Otherwise, it will search according to the criteria of your last find.
Example, if you uncheck 'Find entire cells only', and after that you run the script,
find column 2 what 10.0 --> match 110.0 or 1110.0 or 310.0, .... , because it look at part.
set screen updating to false : Yes it improves the speed.
Here are my tests (no duplicate values in the Excel column ) on old computer (Powermac G5) .
set screen updating to false without any activate object command
2000 rows --> 3.7 minutes, your script : 11.5 minutes
4000 rows --> 7.5 minutes, your script : 23 minutes
8000 rows --> 15 minutes, your script : 46 minutes
But, it's faster to search through a list without using the Excel find command, no need to set the screen updating, You can continue working on the workbook or another workbook, this will not disturb the script.
Tests on my script :
2000 rows --> 4 seconds
4000 rows --> 21 seconds
8000 rows --> 1.3 minutes
17000 rows --> 6 minutes
Here is the script :
main()
display dialog "Done"
on main()
      script o
            property patientSNP_list : {}
            property relativeSNP_list : {}
            property resultsList : {}
            property copyAnswerList : {}
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                  set {low, high} to {1, count my relativeSNP_list}
                  considering case
                        repeat while low ≠ high
                              set mid_ to (low + high) div 2
                              if value is in items low thru mid_ of my relativeSNP_list then
                                    set high to mid_
                              else
                                    set low to mid_ + 1
                              end if
                        end repeat
                  end considering
                  if (item low of my relativeSNP_list is value) then
                        set end of my resultsList to item low of my copyAnswerList
                  else
                        set end of my resultsList to {"no"}
                  end if
            end findLookAtWhole
      end script
      --opens File1. Names it patientName
      set patientFile to choose file with prompt "Please select the patient Excel file:"
      set patientName to name of (info for patientFile)
      tell application "Microsoft Excel"
            open patientFile
            set thepatientFile to workbook patientName
            set patientSheet to sheet (name of active sheet) of thepatientFile
      end tell
      --This Dialog assigns where the data is stored for file1
      display dialog "What Column is your patient SNP data of the " & " " & patientName & " " & "excel file?" default answer "" buttons {"submit"} default button 1
      set PatientSNPCol to (text returned of the result)
      --This Dialog assigns what row your data starts at for file1
      display dialog "What row does your patient SNP data start in the " & " " & patientName & " " & "excel file?" default answer "" buttons {"submit"} default button 1
      set patientSNPRow to (text returned of the result)
      set patientStartCell to PatientSNPCol & patientSNPRow
      --This Dialog assigns the last row of data for file1
      display dialog "What row is the last row of you patient SNP data start of the " & " " & patientName & " " & "excel file?" default answer "" buttons {"submit"} default button 1
      set patientLastRow to (text returned of the result)
      set patientLastCell to PatientSNPCol & patientLastRow
      --This Dialog assigns the location of the data copied from file2
      display dialog "What column would you like the results of this program stored in of the" & " " & patientName & " " & "excel file." default answer "" buttons {"submit"} default button 1
      set resultsLocation to (text returned of the result)
      --opens File2. Names it relativeName
      set relativeFile to choose file with prompt "Please select the relative Excel file:"
      set relativeName to name of (info for relativeFile)
      tell application "Microsoft Excel"
            open relativeFile
            set therelativeFile to workbook relativeName
            set relativeSheet to sheet (name of active sheet) of therelativeFile
      end tell
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      display dialog "What Column is your relative SNP data of the " & " " & relativeName & " " & "excel file?" default answer "" buttons {"submit"} default button 1
      set relativeSNPCol to (text returned of the result)
      --This dialog assigns the column of data begining copied to excel file1.
      display dialog "What Column contains the data you would like copied to the " & " " & patientName & " " & "excel file in column" & " " & resultsLocation & " " & "?" default answer "" buttons {"submit"} default button 1
      set copyAnswer to (text returned of the result)
      tell application "Microsoft Excel" -- get values
            set o's patientSNP_list to value of range (PatientSNPCol & patientSNPRow & ":" & PatientSNPCol & patientLastRow) of patientSheet
            set lastrow to first row index of (last cell of used range of relativeSheet)
            set o's relativeSNP_list to value of range (relativeSNPCol & "1:" & relativeSNPCol & lastrow) of relativeSheet
            set o's copyAnswerList to value of range (copyAnswer & "1:" & copyAnswer & lastrow) of relativeSheet
      end tell
      set tc to (count o's relativeSNP_list)
      repeat with i from 1 to tc --convert list of lists to one list
            set item i of o's relativeSNP_list to item 1 of item i of o's relativeSNP_list
      end repeat
      set tc to (count o's patientSNP_list)
      repeat with i from 1 to tc -- AppleScript find method, not the Excel Find
            o's findLookAtWhole(item 1 of (item i of o's patientSNP_list))
      end repeat
      tell application "Microsoft Excel" -- set values
            set value of range (resultsLocation & patientSNPRow & ":" & resultsLocation & patientLastRow) of patientSheet to o's resultsList
      end tell
end main
If you have lots of rows and you want it to go faster.
I have another script that uses the power of (/usr/bin/awk and his associative arrays) in a do shell script
17000 rows --> awk : 2 seconds, applescript : 6 seconds, total : 8 seconds
34000 rows --> awk : 3 seconds, applescript : 11 seconds, total : 14 seconds

Self-created invisible system file not found via Finder's Find command

I need to see what is being created on my hard disk. To achieve that, I create a test file, call it .new in TextEdit, remove the hidden .rtf extension, and place it in one of the folders in /Library/Application Support. Then, I use Finders Find command, and ask to search This Mac, Created date: today, System files are included, File visibility Visible or Invisible, leaving the input field (for file contents or name) blank. The newly created file isn't found. I type its name into the input field, with the same result. I change its name to .new.plist . Same result. Suspecting that "System files" acutally means system files and doesn't include the Library on the top level, I place that same item in /System/Library/PodcastProducer. Same result.
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Thanks a lot.

Actually you CAN get ressults for .whatever files and folders. I created a saved search for my home folder with the criterion of "File visibility::Invisible Items" and then "None of the following are true::Name contains" DS_Store, Icon or localized. The result is a list of 65 invisible items including things such as the files /Users/francine/Library/Preferences/ByHost/.GlobalPreferences.0017f20dca84.plis t (a dot file), /Users/francine/Library/Preferences/com.freeverse.5012 (something with the invisible flag set), the dot folder /Users/francine/.fontconfig, and many others of all of these types. I thought it was interesting that lots of them were inside the ~/Library folder, even though I did NOT specify including system files.
I don't know why the original poster can't get Spotlight, using the the Command-f method, to display dot files. When I was setting my own invisible items search up I did manage to crash the Finder once, so it may be that the query for invisible items is buggy. Here's the Raw Query:
(true) && (((kMDItemFSInvisible = 1) && (!((kMDItemDisplayName = "\DS_Store"cd) || (kMDItemDisplayName = "\Icon"cd) || (kMDItemDisplayName = "\localized"cd)))))
If you go to a folder, do Command-f, then change from the default "Kind" to "Raw Query" and paste the above in as the query, you ought to get all the invisible files and folders, except the .DS_Store, Icon and localized files (of which there are likely hundreds of 'em in your home folder).
Francine
Francine
Schwieder

Solaris 10 crashes while running find command

I have set up solaris 10 on an intel machine. When I run "find" command the system crashes.
Please Help
Thanks in advance

Hi please help me I almost despair,
I have experienced the same problem. When I try to find a file without specifying location (using the shortcut on default desktop in JDS with mouse) the application crashes.
Thereafter I'm not even able to shut down the system as the mouse doesn't seem to react anymore (can point but not click).
I was logged on as root. However maybe it matters that I only just installed Solaris 10 and as I'm a complete beginner with Solaris I don't know if any post-installation configuration is required. Furthermore the same happens with the "Desktop Overview" shortcut (the book icon with the questionmark that appears by default after new installation).
I have chosen the default installation.
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nforce4 motherboard, 2GB RAM
Athlon 64 3800+ x2
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When we upgraded our SAPGUI to 640 (from I believe 620), we noticed one new feature. In the ABAP editor in display mode, if you press the find button (or CTL F), you get a popup that asks for the string and has two radio buttons for the direction (up and down). Up is the default. Most of the people I know would rather have the default as down, but I havent been able to find any place to change this setting.
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Rob
Message was edited by:
Rob Burbank

Hi!
An another way to find something: in SE38, give the program name, and choose menu Tools - Search in source code.
If you want to serch in more program click on the multiple selection beside the global in program line and enter Z* in the first line which appears.
Emm, to change the direction seems not any easy, but for me it is working correctly.
Regards
Tamás
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Tamás Nyisztor

"Find" command in Appleworks word processing--make results truly visible

Hello, newbie here, so maybe this is the oldest gripe in the Appleworks 6 book.
When I scrub a word document with the "Find" command, the hits are darn near impossible to see. Just a very faint outline. Is there some command that can bulk up the "found" box on the document, or perhaps fill it with an opaque yellow or some such?
I really would like to save an hour or so of my lifetime by not glaring at the screen trying to spot the so-called "Find."
My color vision is not perfect (the case with about 10% or men), so that might contribute to my problem. But if so, software developers should have a little more on the ball and avoid this.
Many thanks,
Rick Reed

Hi Rick,
Welcome to Apple Discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
Definitely not the oldest complaint in the AW 6 book, as it's an OS X issue rather than an AppleWorks one. The rectangular outline that you (don't) see is a default highlight condition for a non-active window. When you are using the Find/Change dialogue that dialogue is the Active (ie. Front) window, and all others, including the window in which the search is taking place, are Inactive.
While there's no cure for the problem, there are two things you can do to 1. work around it or 2. improve the situation.
1. Move the Find/Change dialogue to a place where it will still be visible (ie. clickable) when you bring the document window to the front. Click on the document to bring it forward (and make the selection more visible); click the dialogue to continue the Find.
2. You can set the system highlight colour in System Preferences > Appearence. The preset choices are all in the pastel range, but choose Other and you'll get the Colour Picker where you can choose a more intense colour. There is a trade-off here, though—the more saturated colours will make it difficult or impossible to read the highlighted word in the document when the window is active.
Regards,
Barry

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