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balooctl Command Examples in Linux

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balooctl is a command-line tool in Linux that is used to control the functionality of the Baloo file indexing and searching system. Baloo is a KDE framework that provides a fast and efficient way to index and search for files on a computer. It is typically used by KDE-based desktop environments, such as Plasma, to provide full-text search capabilities for the file system.

balooctl can be used to start, stop, or restart the Baloo daemon, which is responsible for indexing and searching for files. It can also be used to configure the indexing and searching behavior of Baloo, such as which file types should be indexed or which directories should be excluded from the index.

balooctl Command Examples

1. Display help:

# balooctl

2. Display the status of the indexer:

# balooctl status

3. Enable/Disable the file indexer:

# balooctl enable|disable

4. Clean the index database:

# balooctl purge

5. Suspend the file indexer:

# balooctl suspend

6. Resume the file indexer:

# balooctl resume

7. Display the disk space used by Baloo:

# balooctl indexSize

8. Check for any unindexed files and index them:

# balooctl check

Filed Under: Linux

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