LOCATE ( 1 )
USER COMMANDS
LOCATE ( 1 )
NAME
locate - locate files in pathname database
SYNOPSIS
locate
[
options
] pattern ...
DESCRIPTION
locate
matches file patterns in a pathname database that is updated daily by
updatedb
(1).
OPTIONS
-
d
, --
database
=
path
File database path.
-
i
, --
ignorecase
Ignore case in all pattern match expressions.
-
n
, --
show
Show underlying
tw
(1)
command but do not execute.
OPERANDS
pattern
One or more file patterns. / is matched by pattern metacharacters.
ENVIRONMENT
FINDCODES
Path name of locate database.
LOCATE_PATH
Alternate path name of locate database.
FILES
lib/find/codes
Default locate database.
SEE ALSO
updatedb
(1),
tw
(1)
IMPLEMENTATION
version
locate (AT&T Labs Research) 1999-01-23
author
Glenn Fowler <
gsf@research.att.com
>
copyright
Copyright © 1989-2012 AT&T Intellectual Property
license
http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/epl-v10.html