CmdID

CmdID / Commands

locate

Find filenames quickly. tldr-pages

On Linux, macOS

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Linux

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Look for pattern in the database. Note: The database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily)

locate "pattern"Identify

Look for a pattern case-insensitively

locate --ignore-case "pattern"Identify

Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as *pattern*)

locate "*/filename"Identify

Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files

sudo updatedbIdentify

macOS

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Look for pattern in the database. Note: The database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily)

locate "pattern"Identify

Look for a pattern while ignoring cases

locate -i "pattern"Identify

Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as *pattern*)

locate "*/filename"Identify

Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files

sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedbIdentify