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slocate — Secure variant of GNU Locate. See also: `locate`. More information: <https://manned.org/slocate>.

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Problem

How to use the slocate command: Secure variant of GNU Locate. See also: locate. More information: <https://manned.org/slocate>.

Solution

slocate — Secure variant of GNU Locate. See also: locate. More information: <https://manned.org/slocate>.

Enable quiet mode to suppress error messages:

slocate -q

Limit the number of results shown:

slocate -n {{number}}

Build an slocate database starting at path /:

slocate -u

Build an slocate database starting at a given directory:

slocate -U {{path/to/directory}}

Update an slocate database using the default /etc/updatedb.conf configuration:

slocate -c

Set the security level of slocate, with 0 being disabled, and 1 being secure:

slocate -l {{0|1}}

Specify the database that slocate should search in:

slocate {{[-d|--database]}} {{path/to/directory}}

Search the slocate database using a specific regex string:

slocate {{[-r|--regexp]}} {{regex}}

Code Snippets

Enable quiet mode to suppress error messages

slocate -q

Limit the number of results shown

slocate -n {{number}}

Build an `slocate` database starting at path `/`

slocate -u

Build an `slocate` database starting at a given directory

slocate -U {{path/to/directory}}

Update an `slocate` database using the default `/etc/updatedb.conf` configuration

slocate -c

Context

tldr-pages: common/slocate

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