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6.58.2. Contents of Findutils
Installed programs: find, locate, updatedb, and xargs
Installed directory: /var/lib/locate
Short Descriptions
find Searches given directory trees for files matching the specified criteria
locate Searches through a database of file names and reports the names that contain a given string or match a given pattern
updatedb Updates the locate database; it scans the entire file system (including other file systems that are currently mounted, unless told not to) and puts every file name it finds into the database
xargs Can be used to apply a given command to a list of files