Locating on Command Line
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2. Checking Up
Check if the updatedb Commad is on System’s Path
With:which updatedb
If is Not there you Should Find another More Specific Guide or Consult your Specific Distro Documentation.
But if Missing it may be Installed as: mlocate.
To Setup on Slackware use:slackpkg install mlocate
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
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3. Updating locate DB
Then to Update the Locate Database
Play:sudo updatedb
You need to Wait for a little while Until the Locate Database is Updated…
This procedure Should be Repeated Every Time you Use the locate Command and your System made some Significant Change.
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4. Searching on Command Line
for a Simple Keyword Searching
Try:locate [keyword]
As for Instance, to Locate a Printer Ppd File:
locate .ppd
Whith this Syntax above you can Locate All Files, Directories, Images and Paths Containing the Given “keyword”.
How to Automatically Update the locate Database
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5. Refining Search with grep
How to Refine your locate Search-Results
How to Use grep with locate
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