Bug 404818 - Can't find hidden files, even after toggling the visibility of hidden files to on
Summary: Can't find hidden files, even after toggling the visibility of hidden files t...
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-baloo
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 5.55.0
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR major
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: baloo-bugs-null
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Reported: 2019-02-25 20:12 UTC by yamiyukisenpai
Modified: 2019-02-26 02:52 UTC (History)
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Description yamiyukisenpai 2019-02-25 20:12:28 UTC 
SUMMARY
When I try to find files such as ".~lock" for the LibreOffice files, search doesn't return anything.  Running `find` in the terminal works, though.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Search a hidden file, such as ".~lock"
2. Turn on the visibility of hidden files

OBSERVED RESULT
No results are found.

EXPECTED RESULT
the hidden files to show

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 18.10
KDE Plasma Version: 5.15.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.54.0
Qt Version: 5.11.1
Kernel Version: 4.18.0-15-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-4510U CPU @ 2.00GHz
Memory: 15.6 GiB of RAM

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2019-02-26 02:52:29 UTC 
Baloo doesn't index or search for hidden files, by design. It's intended to find user data, not system files.

The idea is that if you have a very specific technical need such as finding ".~lock" files, you can use command-line tools to do so, e.g. `find . | grep ".~lock"`