using Locate to find files.

[OrangeShawn]

So im not sure on the process of using 'locate' i did a 'updatedb' and after it finished i tried doing a 'locate <filename>' and it still would not find the file i am looking for, is there other ways to use this command?

[sdimhoff]

Here is an example of how I like to use locate:

If there is a binary which is not linked to /usr/bin (or similar) I may not remember where it is or exactly what the binary is called. Lets take my sega emulator which I can remember is named generator:

slocate generator* | grep bin
/usr/games/bin/generator-sdl
/usr/kde/3.5/bin/lx200generic
/usr/bin/fluxbox-generate_menu
/sbin/generate-modprobe.conf

/usr/games/bin/generator-sdl is the right one, yay

[Lakshmipathi]

In case , you searching for file , try find command,

find / -name filename.txt

This will search entire file system for the file named "filename.txt"
HTH