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plocate

Find filenames quickly. tldr-pages

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Find filenames quickly. Make sure to run sudo updatedb to include new files.

Look for patterns in the database (recomputed periodically)

plocate patternIdentify

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

plocate */filenameIdentify