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Search by file dimension [duplicate]

I have many photos. How to search files by its dimensions? For example, i want to search images with exact dimensions 500 x 500 pixels. Is there any utility for this task?
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Program for identifying files from unfinished torrent-downloads?

Are there any programs that can help identify files and directories belonging to unfinished bittorrent-downloads? I've made a mess, and I'm unsure of which downloads are finished and which are not. ...
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locate vs find: usage, pros and cons of each other

In Linux and Unix systems there are two common search commands: locate and find. What are the pros and cons of each? When one have benefits over the other?
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Find file by a part of its content

I have many files in a specific repository and i must find a file which has a specific string in its content (actually referencing the file Version.cc.in). What is the best solution to find it?
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Searching for terms in a set of files

I have two files: files_to_search.out terms_to_search.out I'd like to create a command that identifies terms in terms_to_search.out that are not used in any of the files in files_to_search.out Is ...
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How can I find all files in a folder that contain a match of a regular expression in the file name?

I'd like to find all of the files in my home folder on Linux (Ubuntu, in this case) that contain a match a particular regular expression. Is there a simple Unix command that I can use in order to do ...
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1answer
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Search for a string in files recursively in BusyBox 1.0? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to grep a text recursively on BusyBox 1.0? How can I search for a string in a file recursively in BusyBox 1.0 if find and grep are not available ? (I want to telnet ...
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No KDE: how to use strigi to index my files?

I'm not running KDE4 , but how can I use strigi to index my documents manually ? I already have strigi installed , but don't know how to utilize it.
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Get list of Linux files recursively and direct output to file

I'm configuring software on Ubuntu for i2b2, and trying to find all of the relevant files on a CentOS image that I downloaded (path below) and am now running on Windows VMWare Player (free for ...
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Quickly find which file(s) belongs to a specific inode number

I know of this command: find /path/to/mountpoint -inum <inode number> but it is a very slow search, I feel like there has to be a faster way to do this. Does anybody know a faster method?
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Is there a web site to search in the file contents of default installations of different linux distributions?

The text string "Network services, Internet style" is found in the first line of the file /etc/services on a computer running Ubuntu 11.04 erik@laptop:~$ head -1 /etc/services # Network services, ...
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Fast incremental searching of files from shell

I like the command-t script in vim editor that is able to intelligently and incrementally search for files. Is there some similar program that is able to search from shell? It would be great if it ...
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Simple, user-friendly GUI file finder?

simple, user-friendly = as Google search web page, one editbox, one button, nothing to explain, everybody grasps an idea in 1ms fast = finding files and directories by filenames, not by content (!) ...
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How to search for file contents [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Finding a substring in files across subdirectories with a single built-in command? I know that I can use grep for a single file, but what about a whole directory tree?