Comandos de la terminal/locate

• locate

locate

[root@Llawyr ~]# locate --help
Usage: locate [OPTION]... [PATTERN]...
Search for entries in a mlocate database.

  -A, --all              only print entries that match all patterns
  -b, --basename         match only the base name of path names
  -c, --count            only print number of found entries
  -d, --database DBPATH  use DBPATH instead of default database (which is
                         /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db)
  -e, --existing         only print entries for currently existing files
  -L, --follow           follow trailing symbolic links when checking file
                         existence (default)
  -h, --help             print this help
  -i, --ignore-case      ignore case distinctions when matching patterns
  -l, --limit, -n LIMIT  limit output (or counting) to LIMIT entries
  -m, --mmap             ignored, for backward compatibility
  -P, --nofollow, -H     don't follow trailing symbolic links when checking file
                         existence
  -0, --null             separate entries with NUL on output
  -S, --statistics       don't search for entries, print statistics about each
                         used database
  -q, --quiet            report no error messages about reading databases
  -r, --regexp REGEXP    search for basic regexp REGEXP instead of patterns
      --regex            patterns are extended regexps
  -s, --stdio            ignored, for backward compatibility
  -V, --version          print version information
  -w, --wholename        match whole path name (default)

Report bugs to mitr@redhat.com.

[root@Llawyr ~]# locate --version
mlocate 0.26
Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
This software is distributed under the GPL v.2.

This program is provided with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

[root@Llawyr ~]# locate --count man
20142

[root@Llawyr ~]# locate screencast
/home/rrc/screencast.webm
/home/rrc/screencastRAW20140215.webm
/home/rrc/.kde4/share/apps/RecentDocuments/screencast.webm.desktop
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/screencastView.css
/usr/share/blender/2.69/scripts/addons/space_view3d_screencast_keys.py
/usr/share/blender/2.69/scripts/addons/__pycache__/space_view3d_screencast_keys.cpython-33.pyc
/usr/share/blender/2.69/scripts/addons/__pycache__/space_view3d_screencast_keys.cpython-33.pyo
/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/screencast.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/status/screencast.js
/usr/share/help/C/evince/figures/synctex_screencast.ogv
/usr/share/help/en_GB/evince/figures/synctex_screencast.ogv
/usr/share/help/es/evince/figures/synctex_screencast.ogv


[root@Llawyr ~]# locate [Ss]creencast

[root@Llawyr ~]# locate -r [Ss]creencast
/home/rrc/screencast.webm
/home/rrc/screencastRAW20140215.webm
/home/rrc/.kde4/share/apps/RecentDocuments/screencast.webm.desktop
/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/resources/inspector/screencastView.css
/usr/share/blender/2.69/scripts/addons/space_view3d_screencast_keys.py
/usr/share/blender/2.69/scripts/addons/__pycache__/space_view3d_screencast_keys.cpython-33.pyc
/usr/share/blender/2.69/scripts/addons/__pycache__/space_view3d_screencast_keys.cpython-33.pyo
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Screencast.xml
/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/screencast.js
/usr/share/gnome-shell/js/ui/status/screencast.js
/usr/share/help/C/evince/figures/synctex_screencast.ogv
/usr/share/help/en_GB/evince/figures/synctex_screencast.ogv
/usr/share/help/es/evince/figures/synctex_screencast.ogv

[root@Llawyr ~]# locate -r ^\/home\/rrc\/[Ss]creencast
/home/rrc/screencast.webm
/home/rrc/screencastRAW20140215.webm