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<code>mlocate</code> is a locate/[[updatedb]] implementation.  The 'm' stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the system caches as much.
 
<code>mlocate</code> is a locate/[[updatedb]] implementation.  The 'm' stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the system caches as much.
  
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* <code>[[apt install]] mlocate</code>
  
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[[apt install]] mlocate
 
  
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[[/etc/cron.daily/mlocate]]
  
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/etc/cron.daily/mlocate
 
  
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  [[mlocate --help]]
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  usr/bin/mlocate --help
 
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Usage: locate [OPTION]... [PATTERN]...
 
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Search for entries in a mlocate database.
 
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  -A, --all              only print entries that match all patterns
 
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  -b, --basename        match only the base name of path names
 
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  -c, --count            only print number of found entries
 
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  -d, --database DBPATH  use DBPATH instead of default database (which is
 
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                        /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db)
 
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  -e, --existing        only print entries for currently existing files
 
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  -L, --follow          follow trailing symbolic links when checking file
 
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                        existence (default)
 
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  -h, --help            print this help
 
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  -i, --ignore-case      ignore case distinctions when matching patterns
 
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  -p, --ignore-spaces    ignore punctuation and spaces when matching patterns
 
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  -t, --transliterate    ignore accents using iconv transliteration when
 
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                        matching patterns
 
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  -l, --limit, -n LIMIT  limit output (or counting) to LIMIT entries
 
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  -m, --mmap            ignored, for backward compatibility
 
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  -P, --nofollow, -H    don't follow trailing symbolic links when checking file
 
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                        existence
 
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  -0, --null            separate entries with NUL on output
 
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  -S, --statistics      don't search for entries, print statistics about each
 
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                        used database
 
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  -q, --quiet            report no error messages about reading databases
 
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  -r, --regexp REGEXP    search for basic regexp REGEXP instead of patterns
 
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      --regex            patterns are extended regexps
 
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  -s, --stdio            ignored, for backward compatibility
 
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  -V, --version          print version information
 
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  -w, --wholename        match whole path name (default)
 
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Report bugs to https://pagure.io/mlocate.
 
  
 
== Related terms ==
 
== Related terms ==

Revision as of 14:25, 28 April 2021

mlocate is a locate/updatedb implementation. The 'm' stands for "merging": updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid rereading most of the file system, which makes updatedb faster and does not trash the system caches as much. 


/etc/cron.daily/mlocate



mlocate --help

Related terms

See also

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