diff --git a/pages/linux/locate.md b/pages/linux/locate.md
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 - Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as `*pattern*`):
 
-`locate */{{filename}}`
+`locate '*/{{filename}}'`
 
 - Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files: