Name
locate
Synopsis
locate [options]pattern
Search database(s) of filenames and print matches. Matches include all files that contain pattern unless pattern includes metacharacters, in which case locate requires an exact match. *, ?, [, and ] are treated specially; / and . are not. Searches are conducted against a database of system contents that is updated periodically. To update the database, use the updatedb command.
Options
- -b, --basename
Look only at the basename when searching for matches.
- -c, --count
List only the match count, not the individual filenames.
- -d path, --database=path
Search databases in path. path must be a colon-separated list.
- -h, --help
Print a help message and then exit.
- -i, --ignore-case
Ignore case when performing matches.
- -q, --quiet
Run quietly, printing no error messages.
- -r regexp, --regexp regexp
Search for a basic regular expression, with no patterns allowed. May be issued more than once.
- --regex
Treat all patterns as extended regular expressions.
- -S, --statistics
Print statistics about each database and then exit.
- -V, --version
Print version information and then exit.
- -w, --wholename
Look at the entire pathname when searching for matches (the default).
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