locate

linuxmacos

Find filenames quickly.

Options (1)

-i, --ignore-caseboolean

Look for a pattern case-insensitively

Example: locate {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} "{{pattern}}"

Look for pattern in the database. Note: The database is recomputed periodically (usually weekly or daily)

locate "pattern"

Look for a pattern case-insensitively

locate [-i|--ignore-case] "pattern"

Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as `*pattern*`)

locate "*/filename"

Recompute the database. You need to do it if you want to find recently added files

sudo updatedb