Name
locate
Synopsis
locate [options] pattern
Description
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.
Options
- -d path, --database= path
Search databases in path. path must be a colon- separated list.
- -h, --help
Print a help message and then exit.
- --version
Print version information and then exit.
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