`locate` is a command-line tool for local file search using a database.
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Why don't find and locate search /bin?
What gives? Normal find and locate commands don't turn up the verify program that lives at /bin/verify. In fact, it seems they don't turn up anything that lives in /bin
[jake@jace]/bin% "find" /bin/ ...
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Why does pipe not work with cat and locate?
I am trying to perform this:
locate pg_type.h | cat
But this command simply does nothing different than locate pg_type.h
What should I change ? I want to perform cat pg_type.h wherever pg_type.h ...
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Change where mlocate stores the database?
Looks like it's not configurable through /etc/updatedb.conf, and not mentioned in its manual as well.
So can I change that?
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locate vs find: usage, pros and cons of each other
In Linux and Unix systems there are two common search commands: locate and find.
What are the pros and cons of each? When one have benefits over the other?
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'locate' for case-insensitive words?
I wonder how to use the command locate to search for words that are not case sensitive? Such as modify locate normal to search for results that have "Normal" and "normal". Thanks!
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No locate.db even after running updatedb
Any clue what's up with this?
djc@miles rebar $ sudo updatedb
djc@miles rebar $ locate .dialyzer_plt
locate: can not stat () `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': No such file or directory
djc@miles rebar $ ...
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Make `locate` able to search files on external HDD
If I understand correctly, the database locate relies on is just for files on partitions of internal HDDs. I wonder if it is possible to use locate on external HDDs?
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Trying to “locate” and then open a file
Suppose that I have a file named filename123.txt and it is the single file that is named so, and I can locate it with the command locate filename123. And it returns only this file.
Now I want to open ...
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Progress bar in updatedb
Is it possible to get a reliable progress bar (or just a reliable information how long it will take) when doing updatedb?
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How to find files in Linux using “locate”? [closed]
I would like to use this command to find some files.
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How can I use locate only for a directory
This finds a large number of files that are under various subdirectories of "Dropnot"
$ locate Dropnot
Can I find just the directory location with locate? (which directory "Dropnot" is in)
So if ...
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Restrict search of locate to specific directories
Is there a way to restrict locate output to specific directories on Mac OS X Snow Leopard? I read about using regex on a Ubuntu forum. However, on my mac locate does not accept -r option. I also ...
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How can I act on the results of the “locate” command?
I'm trying to find where check_dns is defined in nagios' commands.cfg file, although there are quite a few files.
I know I could run something like find / -name "command.cfg" -exec grep check_dns {} ...
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How do I enable locate and queue the database to be built?
On a new Ubuntu 10.4 instance, I tried to use the locate command only to receive the error
locate: can not stat () `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': No such file or directory
from using this command ...
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How to find a file in the filesystem from the command line?
I'm fairly new to Linux, and I've now found myself in a situation where I'd like to find where a file (with a partially-known filename) is in the file system. I'd like to know how to do this from the ...
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How to exclude directories with blanks via locate's PRUNEPATHS?
I would like to exclude some Windows folders on an NTFS mount from being indexed by locate. I'm familiar with the PRUNEPATHS syntax in /etc/updatedb.conf. It is a white-space separated list of ...
