This is quick guide howto find files and directories quick and efficiently on Linux with locate command. Linux find command is outdated, slow and complicated to use, so locate command is much better option.
Locate basic usage find files and directories
locate file
# example
locate httpd.conf
locate path
# example
locate /X11/
Find (locate) ignore-case (not case sensitive)
locate -i file
# example
locate -i netbeans
Find (locate) only file name (basename)
locate -b file
# example
locate -b shadow
Limit locate output
locate -l 100 file
# example
locate -l 50 conf
Print number of found entries
locate -c file
# example
locate -c conf
Print locate statistics
locate -S
Find (locate) with full file info
Simply locate something and pipe output to ls command.
locate file |xargs ls -lah
Want to know even more
Check help and manual
locate --help
man locate
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