locate komutu

Giriş

locate komutu find komutuna alternatif olarak kullanılabilir.Açıklaması şöyle

The locate command matches the provided pattern to its database. 

Nasıl Çalışır

Açıklaması şöyle

"locate and slocate consult database files about the system (usually compiled and updated by a cron job) to find file or command names instantly. On most Linux systems, locate is a symbolic link to slocate".

Örnek

Şöyle yaparız.

$ locate uname
/bin/uname
    (... SNIP dozens of Windows files on C & D ...)
/usr/lib/klibc/bin/uname
/usr/lib/plainbox-provider-resource-generic/bin/uname_resource
/usr/share/man/man1/uname.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man2/oldolduname.2.gz
/usr/share/man/man2/olduname.2.gz
/usr/share/man/man2/uname.2.gz

globbing

Açıklaması şöyle

If --regex is not specified, PATTERNs can contain globbing characters. If any PATTERN contains no globbing characters, locate behaves as if the pattern were *PATTERN*.

Örnek - globbing

Şöyle yaparız.

$ locate *version.h*

Örnek - globbing

Şöyle yaparız

$ set -x
$ 
$ locate /bin/bash*
+ locate /bin/bash
/bin/bash
/snap/core/10577/bin/bash
/snap/core/10577/usr/bin/bashbug
/snap/core/10583/bin/bash
/snap/core/10583/usr/bin/bashbug
/snap/core18/1932/bin/bash
/snap/core18/1932/usr/bin/bashbug
/snap/core18/1944/bin/bash
/snap/core18/1944/usr/bin/bashbug
/usr/bin/bashbug

Örnek
Şöyle yaparız.

$ locate libXft.so.2
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXft.so.2
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXft.so.2.3.2