Path on Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Command Line Easy Guide

January 20th, 2016 by thelinuxevangelist

This short Tutorial will Get You Started with a Very Useful Linux Ubuntu Shell Utility: the locate Command.

Almost all we are working on linux before or after we need desperately to Find something from the Shell.

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Find System’s Entities in Unix-like Platforms is Matched Using the “locate” Shell Command.

Open a Shell session
Ctrl+Alt+t to open a Terminal emulator on Desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
First Update the Locate Database:
```
sudo updatedb
```
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution
You will need to Wait for a little while, depending from the Size of Your System, Until the Locate Database is Updated…
This procedure Should be Repeated Every Time you Use the locate Command after your System made some Significant Change.

How-to Automatically Update the locate Database with Cron

Cronjob Setup for updatedb

How-to to Find your Locate Database Always Freshly Updated.
Simple Keyword Searching
```
locate [myKeyword]
```
Whith the Syntax above you can Locate All Files, Directories, Images and Locations Containing the Given “myKeyword”
How-to Refine your locate Search-Results

How-to Use grep with locate

How-to have Find and Search Icons and Images with Linux Terminal and locate Command.