# UI: find file by name

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ui-find-file-by-name/1372>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [August 20, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ui-find-file-by-name/1372 "2022-08-20T19:04:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![aomame](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/aomame/32/472_2.png) [@aomame](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/aomame)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ui-find-file-by-name/1372/1 "2022-08-20T19:04:19Z")

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It would be helpful, in the snapshot view in the ui, to be able to search for files by name (currently, it’s just a list of files & folders); better yet, a feature to search for file across snapshots to track its changes would also be welcome, sort of like restic’s `find` or the `git log` command.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![bobmorane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@bobmorane](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/bobmorane)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ui-find-file-by-name/1372/2 "2022-08-21T07:13:16Z")

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I was about to make the same suggestion on the CLI

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**Author:** ![Dzwiedziu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/dzwiedziu/32/383_2.png) [@Dzwiedziu](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/Dzwiedziu)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ui-find-file-by-name/1372/3 "2022-08-22T08:00:06Z")

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I’ve just duplicated the file search across snapshots question somewhat: [Is there a way to view a single file history across all snapshots?](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/is-there-a-way-to-view-a-single-file-history-across-all-snapshots/1378)

Just your user case (searching for a single file) can be done by mounting the snapshot and running `find`|`fd`|etc.

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**Author:** ![jak01201](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/jak01201/32/437_2.png) [@jak01201](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/jak01201)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/ui-find-file-by-name/1372/4 "2022-08-29T05:29:53Z")

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I was about to make the same suggestion on the CLI，too