yeah I am just a simple guy... that is too complicated for me! Let's see.... find -maketime ? type file -deletefile
see, too complicated! On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 7:20 PM Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Michael <[email protected]> [11-24-20 19:14]: > > find it easier to: > > > > sudo updatedb > > locate <file> > > > > well that might be because I never learned the find command but still > > it works for me. > > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 2:53 PM Anton Aylward <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > On 24/11/2020 12:09, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > > * Sakke K <[email protected]> [11-24-20 12:01]: > > > >> locate is a faster command than find. > > > >> For example, locate _A250256.ORF.xmp > > > > > > > > yes, find actively scans your file structure while locate just look into > > > > its database. but the database must be up-to-date or your locate will > > > > fail. > > > > > > RTFM > > > Just to clarify from TFM: > > > ============================================================================== > > > locate(1) General Commands Manual > > > > > > NAME > > > locate - find files by name > > > > > > SYNOPSIS > > > locate [OPTION]... PATTERN... > > > > > > DESCRIPTION > > > locate reads one or more databases prepared by updatedb(8) and > > > writes file names matching at least one of the PATTERNs to > > > standard > > > output, one per line. > > > > > > ... > > > > > > By default, locate does not check whether files found in > > > database > > > still exist (but it does require all parent directories to exist > > > if > > > the database was built with --require-visibility no). locate can > > > never report files created after the most recent update of the > > > relevant > > > database. > > > =========================================================================== > > > > > > So if you've uploaded (or relocated after uploading to a scratch > > > directory) > > > since the last update to the relevant databases, 'locate' is not going to > > > be > > > useful. 'find', by comparison deals with what is actually in the file > > > system > > > right now. > > > > > > The man page on 'updatedb' says it is refreshed daily by 'cron', but on > > > some > > > systems it is done by a systemd timer unit. > > > > > > Either way, it may not, on you system, be enabled by default. It isn't > > > on mine. > > > So I prefer to use 'find'. Which is more flexible about such matters > > > time and > > > size and the ability run subcommands such as 'exifgrep' on any potential > > > match. > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > darktable user mailing list > > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] > > > except that updating the locate db more than likely takes quite a bit > longer than a more localized find command. > > but locate will be easier for you if that is what you understand and do > not understand find. > > that said, find is very handy once you learn it as it has many > applications. I automagically remove files in a particular directory > based on their file-date: > find -mtime +22 -type f -delete > > Just one example. > > > > -- > (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri > http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri > Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
