NAME
locate
- find files
SYNOPSIS
locate
[-d dbpath]
pattern
DESCRIPTION
locate
searches a database for all pathnames which match the specified
pattern.
The database is recomputed periodically, and contains the pathnames
of all files which are publicly accessible.
Shell globbing and quoting characters (``*'', ``?'', ``\'', ``[''
and ``]'')
may be used in
pattern,
although they will have to be escaped from the shell.
Preceding any character with a backslash (``\'') eliminates any special
meaning which it may have.
The matching differs in that no characters must be matched explicitly,
including slashes (``/'').
As a special case, a pattern containing no globbing characters (``foo'')
is matched as though it were ``*foo*''.
Options:
- -d dbpath
-
Sets the list of databases to search to
dbpath
which can name one or more database files separated by ``:'',
an empty component in the list represents the default database.
The environment variable
LOCATE_PATH
has the same effect.
EXIT STATUS
locate
exits with a 0 if a match is found, and >0 if no match is found or if
another problem (such as a missing or corrupted database file) is
encountered.
FILES
/var/db/locate.database
-
Default database
SEE ALSO
find(1),
fnmatch(3),
locate.conf(5),
weekly.conf(5),
locate.updatedb(8)
HISTORY
The
locate
command appeared in
4.4BSD.