locate

Find files by name using a database.

$ locate

Search pattern

Ignore case (-i)Show count only (-c)Only show existing files (-e)Match basename only (-b)

Limit results (-l)

Examples

# Find files by name
locate myfile.txt

# Ignore case
locate -i README

# Count results
locate -c "*.conf"

# Limit to 5 results
locate -l 5 "*.log"

# Use regex pattern
locate -r "\.py$"

# Show database stats
locate -S