slocate

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Secure variant of GNU Locate. See also: `locate`.

Options (2)

-d, --databaseboolean

Specify the database that `slocate` should search in

Example: slocate {{[-d|--database]}} {{path/to/directory}}

-r, --regexpboolean

Search the `slocate` database using a specific `regex` string

Example: slocate {{[-r|--regexp]}} {{regex}}

Enable quiet mode to suppress error messages

slocate -q

Limit the number of results shown

slocate -n number

Build an `slocate` database starting at path `/`

slocate -u

Build an `slocate` database starting at a given directory

slocate -U path/to/directory

Update an `slocate` database using the default `/etc/updatedb.conf` configuration

slocate -c

Set the security level of `slocate`, with `0` being disabled, and `1` being secure

slocate -l 0|1

Specify the database that `slocate` should search in

slocate [-d|--database] path/to/directory

Search the `slocate` database using a specific `regex` string

slocate [-r|--regexp] regex