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Hello, i am trying to find were did the java installer install everything, i've been looking for the files unsuccesfully. Is there like a grep or awk way to start ...
- 11-26-2004 #1Linux User
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Hello, i am trying to find were did the java installer install everything, i've been looking for the files unsuccesfully. Is there like a grep or awk way to start looking in all directories starting from root and look for a particular string for a directory?
- 11-26-2004 #2Linux Engineer
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also, check the manpage for find(1)Code:updatedb && locate <filename>
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Let's say you are looking for the "jdk" file name directory. So you move to root and type updatedb -a jdk. Is this right?
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updatedb places every filename on your system in a database for quick searching using locate(1)..
find searches the hdd and not a database.. find is good for files that just got added and locate is good for quick searches of already existing stuff...
you should put updatedb as a nightly cron so that it is always up to date...Their code will be beautiful, even if their desks are buried in 3 feet of crap. - esr
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