Name
locate
Synopsis
locate [options] [pattern]
Search database(s) of filenames and print matches. *, ?,
[, and ] are treated specially;
/ and . are not. Matches include all files
that contain pattern unless
pattern includes metacharacters, in which
case locate requires an exact
match.
Solaris does not provide this command. Mac OS X uses the original BSD version of this command that takes no options. For details on the GNU/Linux version of this command, see the slocate entry in the later section "Alphabetical Summary of GNU/Linux Commands.”
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