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[ubuntu] 12.04 Unity search and find files question

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I can open the HUD and search for some files I have stored by name, but there is no path information to let me know where my file is in the system. I would like to be able to go looking around the immediate vicinity for other related files. A new approach to renaming these files will help me in the future because the files are generated by the recorder in serial-numbered order. I just append the subject-related name after the serial number, and at least I now have a record of which recording came first. Question for the forum is how I may obtain more related information besides the ico (Hardware)

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