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| 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 3 |
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| 4 | <para>
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| 5 | The Findutils package contains the find, locate, updatedb and xargs
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| 6 | programs.
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| 7 | </para>
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| 9 | </sect2>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 13 | <sect3><title>Find</title>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <para>
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| 16 | The find program searches for files in a directory hierarchy which match
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| 17 | a certain criteria. If no criteria is given, it lists all files in the
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| 18 | current directory and it's subdirectories.
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| 19 | </para>
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| 21 | </sect3>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect3><title>Locate</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para>
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| 26 | Locate scans a database which contain all files and directories on a
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| 27 | filesystem. This program lists the files and directories in this
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| 28 | database matching a certain criteria. If you're looking for a file this
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| 29 | program will scan the database and tell you exactly where the files you
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| 30 | requested are located. This only makes sense if your locate database is
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| 31 | fairly up-to-date else it will provide you with out-of-date information.
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| 32 | </para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | </sect3>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <sect3><title>Updatedb</title>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <para>
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| 39 | The updatedb program updates the locate database. It scans the entire
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| 40 | file system (including other file system that are currently mounted
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| 41 | unless you specify it not to) and puts every directory and file it finds
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| 42 | into the database that's used by the locate program which retrieves this
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| 43 | information. It's a good practice to update this database once a day so
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| 44 | that you are ensured of a database that is up-to-date.
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| 45 | </para>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | </sect3>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <sect3><title>Xargs</title>
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| 51 | <para>
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| 52 | The xargs command applies a command to a list of files. If you need to
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| 53 | perform the same command on multiple files, you can create a file that
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| 54 | contains all these files (one per line) and use xargs to perform that
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| 55 | command on the list.
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| 56 | </para>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | </sect3>
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| 60 | </sect2>
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