tldr/pages/linux/locate.md

# locate

> find filenames quickly

- Look for pattern in the database. Note: the database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily).

`locate {{pattern}}`

- Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files.

`sudo updatedb`
Pages: locate 2014-05-08 21:25:52 +01:00			`# locate`

			`> find filenames quickly`

			`- Look for pattern in the database. Note: the database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily).`

			`locate {{pattern}}`

			`- Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files.`

Normalize the final new line Fixes #310 Some files had no newlines, some had 1 newline and some more than 1 newline. Normalize them all to have only 1 newline at the end of all files. 2015-10-28 08:33:06 +00:00			`sudo updatedb`