Linux CLI 35 🐧 locate and find commands

a - locate command

    locate is used to search for files and directories
    it is similar to find but only searches on the filename
    sudo updatedb → updates locate's DB
    locate aaa.txt → searches for aaa.txt
    locate *.txt -n 5 → searches for files with txt extension and shows only 5
    locate *.TXT -n 5 -i → searches with case insensitive match
    locate *.TXT  -c → returns only the number of matches
    common options: -l → limits the number 
    -q → quiet mode -r → use regex pattern


b - find command

    find command is used to search for files and directories
    The search is based on various criteria like name, size, date etc.
    syntax → find [path] [options] [expression]
    find . -name aaa.txt → searches for file aaa.txt in current directory
    find . -type d -name dir1 → searches for dir1 name in directories
    find . -type d -name 'd*' → searches directories starting with d
    find . -user root → searhes for files/directories owned by root
    common option: -perm → specifies the permission of the file -group → specifies specific group.
    -mtime →specifies the modification time -atime → specifies the access time

-size → specifies the size

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