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<title>Contents</title>
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<para>
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The Findutils package contains the find, locate, updatedb and xargs
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programs.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2><title>Description</title>
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<sect3><title>Find</title>
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<para>
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The find program searches for files in a directory hierarchy which match
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a certain criteria. If no criteria is given, it lists all files in the
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current directory and it's subdirectories.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Locate</title>
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<para>
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Locate scans a database which contain all files and directories on a
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filesystem. This program lists the files and directories in this
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database matching a certain criteria. If you're looking for a file this
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program will scan the database and tell you exactly where the files you
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requested are located. This only makes sense if your locate database is
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fairly up-to-date else it will provide you with out-of-date information.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Updatedb</title>
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<para>
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The updatedb program updates the locate database. It scans the entire
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file system (including other file system that are currently mounted
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unless you specify it not to) and puts every directory and file it finds
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into the database that's used by the locate program which retrieves this
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information. It's a good practice to update this database once a day so
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that you are ensured of a database that is up-to-date.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>Xargs</title>
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<para>
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The xargs command applies a command to a list of files. If you need to
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perform the same command on multiple files, you can create a file that
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contains all these files (one per line) and use xargs to perform that
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command on the list.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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</sect2>
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