Learn Linux TV | Quickly Find Any File in Linux with the locate Command @LearnLinuxTV | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
As you become more experienced with Linux, finding important files when you need them can be a real nuisance. Thankfully, we have a handful of tools available to help us find things. In this episode of the Linux Crash Course series, we'll explore one of those tools: The locate command.

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00:54 - Accessing/installing the locate command
02:39 - Basic usage of the locate command in Linux
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06:27 - Case insensitive searches with locate
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