If I want to search for files in Terminal, I tend to either use something like tree --prune -P , but this can take a long time with a big directory so when it's too big I tend to revert back to the GUI (even though this is something I don't like doing very much) in order to use Nautilus's ability to use the file index (as files are indexed to increase the efficiency of the search).
But I don't like having to do this, so I was wondering if there is a way of searching through a certain directory and all of its sub-folders for files using the item index created by tracker like can be done through the GUI (I have only said 'files', but I would also like the search results to include folders)?
I am running Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.20.
I would suggest using locate while updating the database every 30 minutes (subsequent updates take far less time than the initial).
crontab entry
*/30 * * * * /usr/bin/updatedb
If you're working in any of the pruned directories, you would need to modify /etc/updatedb.conf. Or if you were only working in for instance /home/user, you could add directories to omit, and speed up updating the database.
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