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locate is nice, but I think that on most distros its index is only updated once/day (unless you adjust the cron job that updates it more often). Most of the tim
by gcmeplz 2y ago
locate is nice, but I think that on most distros its index is only updated once/day (unless you adjust the cron job that updates it more often). Most of the times I'm trying to find something, I haven't modified it recently, but it can definitely lead you astray.
- silisili 2y agoOne can just run 'sudo updatedb' to refresh it. Super fast if it's already on a schedule. I think mine is set to update every system update, so I just have a habit of running that before I use locate each time.