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<logical folder>

This parameter is required and comes after all options are specified.  Replace it with the Data Catalog folder path where you want to begin your search.
The more specific you are, the faster your search will be.

--recurse

If you specify this option, the find command will traverse the entire folder tree under <logical folder> searching for datasets that meet your criteria.

--search-folders

Tells find to look inside the folder (or folders if --recurse specified) and consider datasets that live there.  In general, datasets live in groups, and this option is not used.

--search-groups

Tells find to look inside all dataset groups in the specified folder (or folder tree if using --recurse) for your files.  May be combined with --search-folders and --recurse.
Has no meaning if --group is also specified.

--group <group name>

Tells find to look inside groups only if they have the name specified by <group name>.  May be used with --recurse to search in groups of the given name in a folder tree.

--site <site name>

Specifies a specific site you want to get datasets from.  May be used multiple times to specify a list of sites to search where order indicates preference.
If no sites are specified, the 'master' location is returned.  This will generally be a file in XROOT.  More information about sites below.

--filter <filter expression>

Also known as "search criteria" is an expression using logical operators, meta-data fields and constant values on which to filter the output results.  See below for details.

--display <meta name>

Causes the meta-data value associated with 'meta name' to be displayed in the output. May be used multiple times. Columns are tab-separated.

--sort <meta name>

Specifies the name of the specific meta-data field on which to sort the output results.  May be used multiple times to specify a list of fields to sort on where order indicates preference.
Sorting may add a significant overhead to the time it takes to start getting results, as the entire output set must be calculated, then sorted, before being displayed.
Ascending order (smallest first) is the default for each field.  You may override this on a field by field basis by prefixing a field name with '-' (minus) for descending order, or '+' (plus) for ascending order.

--show-unscanned-locations

If a verified disk location can not be found in the specified site-list, the first location (site-preference order) which has not been scanned yet will be returned.

--show-non-ok-locations

Similar to --show-unscanned-locations, but will return the first location in the ordered site list that has a disk location regardless of the file scan-status. The file may be missing, 'bad', or otherwise. (Caveat emptor.) If you specify this option in addition to the --show-unscanned-locations option. An unscanned location will be returned before a non-ok location if both exist.

SLAC_XROOT

XROOT servers at SLAC.  Almost everything lives here.

SLAC

NFS (or AFS) at SLAC.  Some FT1 and FT2 data are duplicated here until the ftools learn to read from XROOT.

IN2P3

Some Monte Carlo data are produced and stored at Lyon

IN2P3_HPSS

Lyon Monte Carlo backups

UW

University of Washington.