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locate — Find filenames quickly. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/locate.1.html>.
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locate command: Find filenames quickly. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/locate.1.html>.Solution
locate — Find filenames quickly. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/locate.1.html>.Look for pattern in the database. Note: The database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily):
locate "{{pattern}}"Look for a pattern while [i]gnoring cases:
locate -i "{{pattern}}"Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as
pattern):locate "*/{{filename}}"Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files:
sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedbCode Snippets
Look for pattern in the database. Note: The database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily)
locate "{{pattern}}"Look for a pattern while [i]gnoring cases
locate -i "{{pattern}}"Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as `*pattern*`)
locate "*/{{filename}}"Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files
sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedbContext
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