1.0Lifehacker Australiahttps://www.lifehacker.com.auDavid Gallowayhttps://www.lifehacker.com.au/author/davidgalloway-usa/Recoll Finds Text Virtually Anywhere On A Linux Computerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="SK75bOkm2J"><a href="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/09/recoll-finds-text-virtually-anywhere-on-a-linux-computer/">Recoll Finds Text Virtually Anywhere On A Linux Computer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/09/recoll-finds-text-virtually-anywhere-on-a-linux-computer/embed/#?secret=SK75bOkm2J" width="600" height="338" title="“Recoll Finds Text Virtually Anywhere On A Linux Computer” — Lifehacker Australia" data-secret="SK75bOkm2J" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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Recoll is a free, open source, desktop search tool that can find nearly any type of text on your system and incorporates boolean searches (including wildcards) file stemming, and file type filters. It also includes auto-completion of search topics, so if you search for “lifeh” you’d get Lifehacker, Lifehouse, etc.