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Locate (Unix)

locate is a Unix utility which serves to find files on filesystems. It searches through a prebuilt database of files generated by the updatedb command or by a daemon and compressed using incremental encoding. It operates significantly faster than find, but requires regular updating of the database. This sacrifices overall efficiency (because of the…

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GNU FindutilsMacOS
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UnixFilesFilesystemsDatabaseDaemon
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Operating system
Unix and Unix-like
Release
1982; 44 years ago (1982)
Type
Command

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Locate (Unix)

Nodes13
Edges12
Triples3
Avg. degree1.85
Density0.153846
Components1

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Locate (Unix)

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Operating system · 1
Locate (Unix) → Unix and Unix-like
Release · 1
Locate (Unix) → 1982; 44 years ago (1982)
Type · 1
Locate (Unix) → Command

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database files locate faster user filesystems unix regular system daemon gnu variant compressed using large command also macos mlocate 1982

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Locate (Unix)Operating systemUnix and Unix-like1.00infobox
Locate (Unix)Release1982; 44 years ago (1982)1.00infobox
Locate (Unix)TypeCommand1.00infobox

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