[TriLUG] find(1) vs locate(1) (was: Ignoring certain DHCP options (specifically, DNS))

[Paul Bennett]

On Feb 19, 2013 10:34 AM, "Brian Henning" <bhenning at pineinst.com> wrote:
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> Is find(1) more thorough than locate(1) (presuming a recent updatedb(8))?

Not better or worse, but different. There are very many more options to
find(1), to where it essentially is a full query language for the entire
filesystem. On the other hand, locate(1) can't be beaten for just locating
files by name.

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Paul