Quickly Find Any File in Linux with the locate Command
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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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Episode Time Codes
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Accessing/installing the locate command
02:39 - Basic usage of the locate command in Linux
04:16 - Understanding updatedb in regard to locate
05:14 - A quick mention regarding my new Ansible course
06:27 - Case insensitive searches with locate
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