Forget About the locate Command, plocate is a Much Faster Alternative | Linux Today

Forget About the locate Command, plocate is a Much Faster Alternative

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Bobby Borisov
Dec 22, 2021

When you need to search for some files in Linux, you might typically use find or locate commands. So, now you have a new alternative called plocate.

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Bobby Borisov

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