Name
locate
Synopsis
locate pattern
Searches a database of filenames and prints 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.
The locate database file is /var/db/locate.database, which by default is updated as part of the weekly system maintenance cron job.
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