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locate

Find filenames quickly. More information: https://manned.org/locate.

• 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