How to search dconf for keys or values?
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I loaded dconf-editor. There is no menu, but I did discover that you can press Ctrl+F and enter a search term.
However, I do not know what Ctrl+F actually searches. When I enter a term (e.g. panel or unity-greeter), I receive no results.
I have also tried gsettings at the command line, but with no luck whatever options I have tried; I must be doing it incorrectly.
How do I search for a specific key or value within dconf?
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I loaded dconf-editor. There is no menu, but I did discover that you can press Ctrl+F and enter a search term.
However, I do not know what Ctrl+F actually searches. When I enter a term (e.g. panel or unity-greeter), I receive no results.
I have also tried gsettings at the command line, but with no luck whatever options I have tried; I must be doing it incorrectly.
How do I search for a specific key or value within dconf?
dconf
edited Aug 6 '12 at 17:42
Anwar
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asked Jul 29 '12 at 16:30
Paddy Landau
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I loaded dconf-editor. There is no menu, but I did discover that you can press Ctrl+F and enter a search term.
However, I do not know what Ctrl+F actually searches. When I enter a term (e.g. panel or unity-greeter), I receive no results.
I have also tried gsettings at the command line, but with no luck whatever options I have tried; I must be doing it incorrectly.
How do I search for a specific key or value within dconf?
dconf
edited Aug 6 '12 at 17:42
Anwar
55.6k22143252
asked Jul 29 '12 at 16:30
Paddy Landau
3,09422445
I loaded dconf-editor. There is no menu, but I did discover that you can press Ctrl+F and enter a search term.
However, I do not know what Ctrl+F actually searches. When I enter a term (e.g. panel or unity-greeter), I receive no results.
I have also tried gsettings at the command line, but with no luck whatever options I have tried; I must be doing it incorrectly.
How do I search for a specific key or value within dconf?
dconf
dconf
edited Aug 6 '12 at 17:42
Anwar
55.6k22143252
asked Jul 29 '12 at 16:30
Paddy Landau
3,09422445
edited Aug 6 '12 at 17:42
Anwar
55.6k22143252
asked Jul 29 '12 at 16:30
Paddy Landau
3,09422445
edited Aug 6 '12 at 17:42
Anwar
55.6k22143252
edited Aug 6 '12 at 17:42
Anwar
55.6k22143252
edited Aug 6 '12 at 17:42
Anwar
55.6k22143252
55.6k22143252
asked Jul 29 '12 at 16:30
Paddy Landau
3,09422445
asked Jul 29 '12 at 16:30
Paddy Landau
3,09422445
asked Jul 29 '12 at 16:30
Paddy Landau
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3,09422445
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First, the search function in dconf-editor searches only among those things which are directly visible on screen or reachable by scrolling (note that the search field looks just like the one in other applications like Nautilus).
I know of no other graphical tool you could use. So you probably need to use the command line tool dconf (also from the package dconf-tools).
Specifically for search recursively through the whole database (including keys and values) I would use this command:
dconf dump / | grep SEARCH-TERM
dump basically gives you the whole database in an "Windows-Ini-File"-like format. For browsing through the database, use dconf list /PATH.
As you've mentioned gsettings, the equivalent search command there is:
gsettings list-recursively | grep SEARCH-TERM
However, this may not be what you want (for a search for unity, this gives completely different results for me). Not sure what database is used here.
Edit: After reading this question, I noticed that dconf shows you only the settings which are actually set in the database, not all possible settings like dconf-editor. Apparently you can use gsettings list-schemas to give you all possible settings.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
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answered Aug 6 '12 at 18:11
Philipp Wendler
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To add your answer, Phillip, I usedlesswith search instead ofgrep, so that I could find the sub-settings:dconf dump / | less. Thank you.
– Paddy Landau
Aug 7 '12 at 13:23
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dconf read <KEY>
For example, to read the current wallpaper picture filename:
dconf read /org/mate/desktop/background/picture-filename
For a list of keys
dconf dump / > dconf.dump
You can then examine the text file dconf.dump for the key you want to query. To construct the wallpaper query look to here :
[org/mate/desktop/background]
color-shading-type='vertical-gradient'
primary-color='rgb(88,145,188)'
picture-options='zoom'
picture-filename='yourwallpaperpicturefile.png' <<<
secondary-color='rgb(60,143,37)'
answered Dec 10 at 22:18
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First, the search function in dconf-editor searches only among those things which are directly visible on screen or reachable by scrolling (note that the search field looks just like the one in other applications like Nautilus).
I know of no other graphical tool you could use. So you probably need to use the command line tool dconf (also from the package dconf-tools).
Specifically for search recursively through the whole database (including keys and values) I would use this command:
dconf dump / | grep SEARCH-TERM
dump basically gives you the whole database in an "Windows-Ini-File"-like format. For browsing through the database, use dconf list /PATH.
As you've mentioned gsettings, the equivalent search command there is:
gsettings list-recursively | grep SEARCH-TERM
However, this may not be what you want (for a search for unity, this gives completely different results for me). Not sure what database is used here.
Edit: After reading this question, I noticed that dconf shows you only the settings which are actually set in the database, not all possible settings like dconf-editor. Apparently you can use gsettings list-schemas to give you all possible settings.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
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answered Aug 6 '12 at 18:11
Philipp Wendler
961629
1
To add your answer, Phillip, I usedlesswith search instead ofgrep, so that I could find the sub-settings:dconf dump / | less. Thank you.
– Paddy Landau
Aug 7 '12 at 13:23
add a comment |
up vote
24
down vote
accepted
First, the search function in dconf-editor searches only among those things which are directly visible on screen or reachable by scrolling (note that the search field looks just like the one in other applications like Nautilus).
I know of no other graphical tool you could use. So you probably need to use the command line tool dconf (also from the package dconf-tools).
Specifically for search recursively through the whole database (including keys and values) I would use this command:
dconf dump / | grep SEARCH-TERM
dump basically gives you the whole database in an "Windows-Ini-File"-like format. For browsing through the database, use dconf list /PATH.
As you've mentioned gsettings, the equivalent search command there is:
gsettings list-recursively | grep SEARCH-TERM
However, this may not be what you want (for a search for unity, this gives completely different results for me). Not sure what database is used here.
Edit: After reading this question, I noticed that dconf shows you only the settings which are actually set in the database, not all possible settings like dconf-editor. Apparently you can use gsettings list-schemas to give you all possible settings.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Aug 6 '12 at 18:11
Philipp Wendler
961629
1
To add your answer, Phillip, I usedlesswith search instead ofgrep, so that I could find the sub-settings:dconf dump / | less. Thank you.
– Paddy Landau
Aug 7 '12 at 13:23
add a comment |
up vote
24
down vote
accepted
up vote
24
down vote
accepted
First, the search function in dconf-editor searches only among those things which are directly visible on screen or reachable by scrolling (note that the search field looks just like the one in other applications like Nautilus).
I know of no other graphical tool you could use. So you probably need to use the command line tool dconf (also from the package dconf-tools).
Specifically for search recursively through the whole database (including keys and values) I would use this command:
dconf dump / | grep SEARCH-TERM
dump basically gives you the whole database in an "Windows-Ini-File"-like format. For browsing through the database, use dconf list /PATH.
As you've mentioned gsettings, the equivalent search command there is:
gsettings list-recursively | grep SEARCH-TERM
However, this may not be what you want (for a search for unity, this gives completely different results for me). Not sure what database is used here.
Edit: After reading this question, I noticed that dconf shows you only the settings which are actually set in the database, not all possible settings like dconf-editor. Apparently you can use gsettings list-schemas to give you all possible settings.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
Community♦
1
answered Aug 6 '12 at 18:11
Philipp Wendler
961629
First, the search function in dconf-editor searches only among those things which are directly visible on screen or reachable by scrolling (note that the search field looks just like the one in other applications like Nautilus).
I know of no other graphical tool you could use. So you probably need to use the command line tool dconf (also from the package dconf-tools).
Specifically for search recursively through the whole database (including keys and values) I would use this command:
dconf dump / | grep SEARCH-TERM
dump basically gives you the whole database in an "Windows-Ini-File"-like format. For browsing through the database, use dconf list /PATH.
As you've mentioned gsettings, the equivalent search command there is:
gsettings list-recursively | grep SEARCH-TERM
However, this may not be what you want (for a search for unity, this gives completely different results for me). Not sure what database is used here.
Edit: After reading this question, I noticed that dconf shows you only the settings which are actually set in the database, not all possible settings like dconf-editor. Apparently you can use gsettings list-schemas to give you all possible settings.
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
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answered Aug 6 '12 at 18:11
Philipp Wendler
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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24
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answered Aug 6 '12 at 18:11
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answered Aug 6 '12 at 18:11
Philipp Wendler
961629
answered Aug 6 '12 at 18:11
Philipp Wendler
961629
961629
1
To add your answer, Phillip, I usedlesswith search instead ofgrep, so that I could find the sub-settings:dconf dump / | less. Thank you.
– Paddy Landau
Aug 7 '12 at 13:23
add a comment |
1
To add your answer, Phillip, I usedlesswith search instead ofgrep, so that I could find the sub-settings:dconf dump / | less. Thank you.
– Paddy Landau
Aug 7 '12 at 13:23
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1
To add your answer, Phillip, I used
less with search instead of grep, so that I could find the sub-settings: dconf dump / | less. Thank you.– Paddy Landau
Aug 7 '12 at 13:23
To add your answer, Phillip, I used
less with search instead of grep, so that I could find the sub-settings: dconf dump / | less. Thank you.– Paddy Landau
Aug 7 '12 at 13:23
add a comment |
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0
down vote
dconf read <KEY>
For example, to read the current wallpaper picture filename:
dconf read /org/mate/desktop/background/picture-filename
For a list of keys
dconf dump / > dconf.dump
You can then examine the text file dconf.dump for the key you want to query. To construct the wallpaper query look to here :
[org/mate/desktop/background]
color-shading-type='vertical-gradient'
primary-color='rgb(88,145,188)'
picture-options='zoom'
picture-filename='yourwallpaperpicturefile.png' <<<
secondary-color='rgb(60,143,37)'
answered Dec 10 at 22:18
Stephen Boston
6992618
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
dconf read <KEY>
For example, to read the current wallpaper picture filename:
dconf read /org/mate/desktop/background/picture-filename
For a list of keys
dconf dump / > dconf.dump
You can then examine the text file dconf.dump for the key you want to query. To construct the wallpaper query look to here :
[org/mate/desktop/background]
color-shading-type='vertical-gradient'
primary-color='rgb(88,145,188)'
picture-options='zoom'
picture-filename='yourwallpaperpicturefile.png' <<<
secondary-color='rgb(60,143,37)'
answered Dec 10 at 22:18
Stephen Boston
6992618
add a comment |
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
dconf read <KEY>
For example, to read the current wallpaper picture filename:
dconf read /org/mate/desktop/background/picture-filename
For a list of keys
dconf dump / > dconf.dump
You can then examine the text file dconf.dump for the key you want to query. To construct the wallpaper query look to here :
[org/mate/desktop/background]
color-shading-type='vertical-gradient'
primary-color='rgb(88,145,188)'
picture-options='zoom'
picture-filename='yourwallpaperpicturefile.png' <<<
secondary-color='rgb(60,143,37)'
answered Dec 10 at 22:18
Stephen Boston
6992618
dconf read <KEY>
For example, to read the current wallpaper picture filename:
dconf read /org/mate/desktop/background/picture-filename
For a list of keys
dconf dump / > dconf.dump
You can then examine the text file dconf.dump for the key you want to query. To construct the wallpaper query look to here :
[org/mate/desktop/background]
color-shading-type='vertical-gradient'
primary-color='rgb(88,145,188)'
picture-options='zoom'
picture-filename='yourwallpaperpicturefile.png' <<<
secondary-color='rgb(60,143,37)'
answered Dec 10 at 22:18
Stephen Boston
6992618
answered Dec 10 at 22:18
Stephen Boston
6992618
answered Dec 10 at 22:18
Stephen Boston
6992618
answered Dec 10 at 22:18
Stephen Boston
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