locate.findutils

maintain and query an index of a directory tree

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/locate.findutils.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install locate
Ubuntu
apt-get install locate
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install locate
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install locate
Raspbian
apt-get install locate

locate

maintain and query an index of a directory tree

updatedb generates an index of files and directories. GNU locate can be used to quickly query this index.