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OT: locate (was RE: locate: /usr/var/locatedb: No such file ordirectory)
- From: Michael Hoffman <grouse at mail dot utexas dot edu>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Cc: alexv at scopus dot net
- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 03:45:14 -0500 (Central Daylight Time)
- Subject: OT: locate (was RE: locate: /usr/var/locatedb: No such file ordirectory)
On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Alex Vinokur wrote:
> However how do I have the locate utility in order to know where 'ls' is
> ?
> [...]
> $locate ls
> generates 1389 lines
>
> $locate *ls
> generete 71 lines
>
> But I need to know about the 'ls' pattern exactly.
Use:
locate */ls
But this is really off-topic for this list, as it is a general UNIX
question and doesn't have anything to do with Cygwin.
--
Michael Hoffman <grouse@mail.utexas.edu>
The University of Texas at Austin
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