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* The find command works without the need to build a metabase | |||
* The locate command is much faster but depends on a metabase | |||
* find it typically present on any linux system while locate is part of mlocate which needs installed | |||
* find results are real-time, recent changes to the file system is not a problem | |||
* locate requires you run 'updatedb' to rebuild the metabase before recent changes on the file system can be searched | |||
== Find == | |||
Use the find command to search for a file or pattern. | Use the find command to search for a file or pattern. | ||
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find ./ -iname 'filen*' (locate all files begin with | find ./ -iname 'filen*' (locate all files begin with | ||
filen and ignore case) | filen and ignore case) | ||
== Locate == | |||
Revision as of 09:18, 28 March 2019
Find and Locate - Searching for files in Linux
- The find command works without the need to build a metabase
- The locate command is much faster but depends on a metabase
- find it typically present on any linux system while locate is part of mlocate which needs installed
- find results are real-time, recent changes to the file system is not a problem
- locate requires you run 'updatedb' to rebuild the metabase before recent changes on the file system can be searched
Find
Use the find command to search for a file or pattern.
here are examples:
find ./ -name filename (locate filename in or below the current directory path) find / -name 'filename' 2>/dev/null (locate filename anywhere up from root filesystem) find ./ -iname 'filen*' (locate all files begin with filen and ignore case)