Find & Locate utility Linux
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The document presents an overview of the 'find' and 'locate' commands used for searching files and directories in Linux. It outlines the functionalities, differences, and various arguments pertaining to both commands, emphasizing that 'find' is more thorough but slower, while 'locate' is faster as it references a prebuilt database. Additionally, the document provides examples of command usage and links to further references.
Find & Locate utility Linux
- 1. Presentation on Find & Locate utility Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 2. ● Find command used to search and locate list of files and directories. ● Conditions like permissions, users, groups, file type, date, size ● Find arguments are case sensitive. ● Find is slower in compare with locate. ● Find take deafult path as pwd. Find & Locate utility Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 3. Find & Locate utility Lets go through sets of command...!!!??? Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 4. Find & Locate utility ● $ find (complete path) -name (file name) Case sensitive ● $ find (complete path) -iname (file name) not case sensitive ● $ find (complete path) -type f -name (file name) – for file $ find (complete path) -type d -name (file name) – for directory Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 5. Find & Locate utility ● $ find (complete path) -mtime -(days/minute) -mtime ---> Modified -(days) back -atime ---> Accessed -(days) back -cmin ---> Changed -(minute) back -amin ---> Accessed -(minute) back -mmin --> Modified -(minute) back ● $ find (complete path) -size (filesize)(K/M/G) K -> KB M -> MB G -> GB Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 6. ● Locate command used to search and locate list of files. ● Locate can search for files very quickly. ● Locate does not search the file on disk rather it searches for file paths in a database. ● Database is a file that contains information about the files and their path on our system and is located at, /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db ● Updatedb keep mlocate database updated when we excute it. Find & Locate utility Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 7. Find & Locate utility Lets go through sets of command...!!!??? Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 8. Find & Locate utility ● $ locate (file name) -> case sensitive ● $ locate -0 (file name) -> output in continues format ● $ locate -c (file name) -> output is in numaric form Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 9. Find & Locate utility ● $ locate -i (file name) -> not case sensitive ● $ locate -l (number) (file name) -> show (number) of o/p ● $ locate -e (file name) -> print file which exists in system Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 10. Find & Locate utility Find Locate Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 11. Find & Locate utility Reference ● http://www.tecmint.com/35-practical-examples-of-li nux-find-command/comment-page-7/#comment-863542 ● http://www.binarytides.com/linux-find-command-exampl es/ ● http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/03/locate-comman d-examples/?utm_source=feedburner ● http://alvinalexander.com/blog/post/linux-unix/use-lin ux-locate-command ● http://superuser.com/questions/199472/what-is-the-diff erence-between-locate-and-find-in-linux ● http://askubuntu.com/questions/220976/what-is-the-dif ference-between-find-and-locate-search-methods-in-cat fish ● http://www.distrorank.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ linux.png Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
- 12. Find & Locate utility Reference ● http://cts.dmu.ac.uk/study/images/Lear-Siegler-ADM-d umb-terminal-large.JPG ● http://pix.iemoji.com/images/emoji/apple/ios-9/256/thin king-face.png ● https://d3lqgdpixgbyis.cloudfront.net/media/public/201 5/08/25/load_balance.jpg ● http://www.courts.oregon.gov/OJD/PublishingImages/re ferenceMaterials.jpg ● http://216.115.71.119/Rio/Portals/0/images/Doubts-and -Questions.jpg ● http://michaelgleghorn.com/images/doubt.jpg ● http://christianvisionalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/20 16/06/thank-you-from-christian-vision-alliance.jpg Prepared By: Bhavik Bhasnali
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