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mkid — Build an ID database for use with `lid` and other idutils tools. More information: <https://www.gnu.

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Problem

How to use the mkid command: Build an ID database for use with lid and other idutils tools. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/idutils/manual/idutils.html#mkid-invocation>.

Solution

mkid — Build an ID database for use with lid and other idutils tools. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/idutils/manual/idutils.html#mkid-invocation>.

Build an ID database for the current directory:

mkid

Build an ID database for specific directories:

mkid {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}

Build an ID database and save it to a specific file:

mkid {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/database.id}}

Include only specific languages:

mkid {{[-i|--include]}} "{{language1 language2 ...}}"

Exclude specific directories from indexing:

mkid {{[-p|--prune]}} {{path/to/excluded_directory}}

Display statistics after building the database:

mkid {{[-s|--statistics]}}

Code Snippets

Build an ID database for the current directory

mkid

Build an ID database for specific directories

mkid {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}

Build an ID database and save it to a specific file

mkid {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/database.id}}

Include only specific languages

mkid {{[-i|--include]}} "{{language1 language2 ...}}"

Exclude specific directories from indexing

mkid {{[-p|--prune]}} {{path/to/excluded_directory}}

Context

tldr-pages: linux/mkid

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