Locate.updatedb

LOCATE.MKLOCATEDB(8) - System Manager's Manual

Locate, Locate.updatedb, Locate-Mklocatedb

LOCATE.MKLOCATEDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual # LOCATE.MKLOCATEDB(8) - System Manager’s Manual NAME # locate.mklocatedb - create locate database SYNOPSIS # locate.mklocatedb [-presort] DESCRIPTION # locate.mklocatedb reads a list of filenames (one per line) from standard input and creates a database usable by locate(1) on standard output. It is typically run by locate.updatedb(8), but it can be used independently to generate a database from any list of paths. The options are as follows: ...

LOCATE(1) - General Commands Manual

Locate.updatedb, Find, Fnmatch, Weekly, Locate

LOCATE(1) - General Commands Manual # LOCATE(1) - General Commands Manual NAME # locate - find filenames quickly SYNOPSIS # locate [-bciS] [-d database] [-l limit] pattern … DESCRIPTION # The locate utility searches a database for all pathnames which match the specified pattern. By default, the database is recomputed weekly(8) and contains the pathnames of all files which are publicly accessible. Shell globbing and quoting characters (’\*’, ‘?’, ‘\’, ‘[’, and ‘]’) may be used in pattern, although they will have to be escaped from the shell. ...