locate = find data files, programs, directories, & objects matching your search.
For example:
locate licenseSince you usually receive quite a long list when running locate, you’ll probably want to do this:
locate <search term> | more -or-
locate <search term> | lesslocate searches a database called slocate.db on your hard drive which is updated every night. To manually update the database, login as root & then run:
updatedbNote that locate searches by name only. To search by any other attribute, use find. To search only for commands, use whereis.
