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Beagle is a search tool that indexes your personal information space (normally your home directory) in order to carry out search requests. Using Beagle, you can find documents, e-mails and attachments, Web history, IM/IRC conversations, address book contacts, calendar appointments, notes, source code, images, music (and video) files, archives (and their contents) and applications.
To use Beagle, click Enter. The results are displayed in the Desktop Search dialog box.
, enter your search terms in the field, then pressYou can use the results lists to open a file, forward it via e-mail, move it to trash, or display it in the file manager. Simply right-click an item in the results list and select desired option. The options available for an item in the results list are determined by its filetype. Selecting a file in the list displays a preview of the file and information such as the title, path, and date the file was last accessed or modified.
Use the
menu to limit your search to sources of a specific type (such as applications, documents, pictures, emails, web pages or contacts). The menu lets you sort the items in your results list according to name, relevance or the date the file was last modified.You can also access Desktop Search by clicking beagle-search.
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