Find files on a server

Search for files by name in a server folder and in every folder below it.

Steps

  1. In the server pane, open the folder to search in.
  2. Choose File ▸ Find Files… (⇧⌘F), or right-click the folder.
  3. Type a name, or part of one. Or a pattern, for example *.log. *, ? and [ ] work; case doesn’t matter.
  4. Click Find.
  5. Select a result and click Show (or double-click it): the pane goes to its folder and selects it.
Find Files in dev with *.log: three results

Tips

  • Text without * or ? finds names that contain it: report finds report.pdf and old-report.txt.
  • Up to 10,000 results. They show as they are found. Stop ends a long search and keeps what it found; Done closes the sheet.
  • On servers with a shell, AirSCP runs one find command. On file-transfer-only (sftp) accounts it lists folder after folder, which is slower.
  • To narrow the files the pane shows instead, use Filter by name at the top of the pane (⌘F).

If something goes wrong

  • “Nothing found below …”: try part of the name, or a pattern like *.log.
  • Find Files searches servers. For files on your Mac, use Spotlight or Finder.