Recording needed data from mate-search-tool - possible?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

I am using Jessie with MATE desktop.
I search for a string within a filename OR folder name.
I must distinguish between files, folders and links to either.
"Applications->Accessories->Search for files" will DISPLAY the data.
*HOWEVER* attempting to record the data yields obfuscated data:

> ITEM NOTE
> [ 1] [1] /var/cache/apt/archives/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen_4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u11_all.deb
> [ 2] [2] /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen
> [ 3] [2] /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade/twentyfifteen.tmp/twentyfifteen
> [ 4] [2] /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade/twentyfifteen.tmp
> [ 5] [2] /usr/share/doc/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen
> [ 6] [3] /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen
> [ 7] [4] /usr/share/lintian/overrides/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen
> [ 8] [4] /var/lib/dpkg/info/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen.list
> [ 9] [1] /var/lib/dpkg/info/wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen.md5sums
> [10] [1] /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/languages/twentyfifteen.pot
> [11] [1] /home/richard/Downloads/twentyfifteen.1.7.zip
>
>
> Notes:
> 1 a filename w extension
> 2 folder
> 3 link to folder
> 4 a filename w/o extension
>
> NOTE BENE
> Item 4 is a folder but resembels a filename w extension

Any suggestions?