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6.58.2. Contents of Findutils‌

Installed programs: find, locate, updatedb, and xargs

Installed directory: /var/lib/locate

Short Descriptions

find Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified criteria

locate Searches through a database of file names and reports the names that contain a given string or match a given pattern

updatedb Updates the locate database; it scans the entire file system (including other file systems that are currently mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into the database

xargs Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files

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