command: locate
usage: find files by name
synopsis: locate [OPTION]... PATTERN...
examples:
1. To print the options and info of this command
$ locate --help
2. To search a particular file lftp.conf
$ locate lftp.conf
3. To display all the output in one line
$ locate -0 sysctl.conf
4. To get the count of number of matching entry
$ locate -c sysctl.conf
5. To display only the files that exists in the system
$ locate -e sysctl.conf
6. To make the results case insensitive
create two empty files
# touch sample.txt SAMPLE.txt
# updatedb
only root user can do updatedb
$ locate sample.txt
will only show sample.txt
with -i option
$ locate -i sample.txt
will show both sample.txt and SAMPLE.txt
7. To display only certain number of records
$ locate -l 5 passwd
$ locate -l 10 passwd
8. To display locate statistics
$ locate -S
regards,
dhanasekar
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