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10 Useful locate Command Practical Examples for Linux Newbies

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Aaron Kili
Apr 26, 2017

The locate utility works better and faster than its find counterpart because instead of searching the file system when a file search is initiated Something find does ;ocate would look through a database. This database contains bits and parts of files and their corresponding paths on your system.
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