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micmath on 08/21/07

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# This can be slow...
find / -name my_lost_file 2>/dev/null
 
# This is preindexed so is faster...
locate my_lost_file
 
# If index is out of date, it needs updating.
# This is also slow...
locate -u

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Posted By: capitalist on August 21, 2007

To update locate on Mac/darwin you'll need to sudo /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

Cheers!

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