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Options

--help

Print usage information and exit.

--version

Print version information and exit.

slocate

slocate [options] string

Securely search database(s) of filenames and print matches. Works

like locate, but it also stores file permissions and ownership infor-

mation so users cannot see files to which they don’t have access. In

some distributions, locate is actually a symbolic link to slocate.

Options

-c Check the configuration file, /etc/updatedb.conf, when updating

the database.

-d path, --database=path

Specify the path to the database(s) to search.

-e dirs

Omit the specified directories from the database. Used with -u

or -U.

-f fstypes

Omit the files on the specified filesystems from the database.

-h, --help

Display help information and exit.

-i Perform a case-insensitive search.

-l level

Specify security level. If level is 0, turn off security checking to

speed up searches. If level is 1, turn on checking. The default

is 1.

-n num

Limit the number of results to num.

-o file, --output=file

Specify the database file to create with -u or -U.

-q Run in quiet mode, suppressing error messages.

-r regexp, --regexp=regexp

Search the database using the specified POSIX regular

expression.

-u Create an slocate database starting at /.

-U dir

Create an slocate database starting at the ...