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locate.findutils

maintain and query an index of a directory tree

Maintainer: Andreas Metzler <[email protected]>
Homepage: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/findutils/
Section: utils

All systems: curl cmd.cat/locate.findutils.sh
Debian: apt-get install locate
Ubuntu: apt-get install locate
Kali Linux: apt-get install locate
Windows (WSL2): sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install locate
Raspbian: apt-get install locate
Dockerfile: dockerfile.run/locate.findutils

locate

maintain and query an index of a directory tree

updatedb generates an index of files and directories. GNU locate can be used to quickly query this index.