locate: Linux Commands HowTo
locate: Find files
Find files.
Syntax
locate [options] pattern
Options
-d path, --database=path
Search databases in path.
path must be a colon- separated list.
-h, --help Print a help message and exit.
--version Print version information and then exit.
Search database(s) of filenames and print matches. *, ?, [, and
] are treated specially; / and . are not.
Matches include all files that contain pattern, unless pattern
includes metacharacters, in which case locate requires an exact match.
If locate does not work, run the command: slocate -u to rebuild the index
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