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Find Files                                     Manual page 133
Alt + F7

 This command searches the current disk for files.  Type in
 the name you want to search for (you can use DOS wildcard
 characters, described below) and press Enter.  As Find Files
 searches the entire disk, you can use the cursor keys to
 scroll through the list.

 There are several buttons at the bottom of Find Files'
 screen:

    Button        Purpose
    -------       ----------------------------------------
    Chdir         Change to the directory of the file under
                  the cursor and move the cursor to that file.
                  This is a very quick way to move to a file.

    New search    Start a new search.

    Stop          Stop the current search.

    Quit FF       Quit Find Files and go back to the
                  Commander.

DOS Wildcard Characters
-----------------------
 DOS file names have two parts: the name (which can be up to 8
 characters) and the extension (which can be up to 3
 characters) with a period in between.  For example,
 "filename.ext".

    *   Match any characters for the rest of the name or
        extension.  "a*" will match "a", "ab", and "abc", as
        well as many others.  '*' applies just to one part of
        the file name, so "a*" will not match "ab.c".  Use
        "a*.*" to find all files that start with 'a' and have
        any extension.  (Note: "*a" will match any name, and
        not just names with an `a' at the end as you might
        expect.)

    ?   Match one character.  So "a?" will match "a", "ab",
        "ac", etc.  "????" will match any name with up to four
        characters.

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