GNU locate
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This article is about the Unix utility. For a definition of the word "locate", see the Wiktionary entry locate.
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GNU locate is a Unix utility to find files on filesystems. It searches through a prebuilt database of files generated by updatedb and compressed using incremental encoding. It is significantly faster than find, but requires the database to be updated regularly.
It is a part of GNU Findutils.
It can also be used to index network filesystems.
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Variants:
- slocate (Secure Locate)
- mlocate - faster updates
- KwickFind - KDE GUI frontend for locate
- Locate32 for Windows Windows analog of GNU locate with GUI, released under GNU license
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