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updatedb

Create or update the database used by locate. It is usually run daily by cron. More information: <https://manned.org/updatedb>.

Maintainer: Tollef Fog Heen <[email protected]>
Homepage: https://pagure.io/mlocate
Section: utils

All systems: curl cmd.cat/updatedb.sh
Debian: apt-get install mlocate
Ubuntu: apt-get install mlocate
Alpine: apk add mlocate
Arch Linux: pacman -S mlocate
Kali Linux: apt-get install mlocate
CentOS: yum install mlocate
Fedora: dnf install mlocate
Windows (WSL2): sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mlocate
Raspbian: apt-get install mlocate
Dockerfile: dockerfile.run/updatedb
Docker: docker run cmd.cat/updatedb updatedb powered by Commando

Create or update the database used by locate. It is usually run daily by cron. More information: <https://manned.org/updatedb>.

Refresh database content:
sudo updatedb

Display file names as soon as they are found:
sudo updatedb --verbose

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