Can't get search to work

[DrDinosaur]

I seriously cannot get the search function in the GUI file browser to work. I have never been able to get a single result to ever show up. I don't know if I'm doing it wrong or what. Can anyone do a simple search that would guarantee a result so I could try it and see if it works. Also, why does Kali not move to the directory of the script when clicking on the tool in menus. Like where is thc-ssl-dos (stress-testing>web-stress-testing)? Please help. Thanks.

[root-boy]

You can use locate or find commands from a shell to do your search.

[DrDinosaur]

The find command is so extensive and complex (look at that man page) though. How's locate?

[root-boy]

For example:


find / -name file_to_searh

[reaperz73]

The gui search function will only search your home directory. As it should for a normal linux install