On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 02:50:07PM +0000, Michael Kjörling wrote:
> On 21 Aug 2023 15:56 +0200, from to...@tuxteam.de:
> >> For me command "locate" is easier to use than "find":
> >
> > They do different things. Locate is much faster, but it only looks
> > into file names. Find can do nearly everything, like looking into
> > file metadata ("show me all files younger than 12 days" or "owned
> > by www-data"), running external programs (e.g. grep), yadda, yadda.
>
> Another downside of locate is that it relies on its database being up
> to date.
>
> Depending on what you're trying to do, they may both be equally
> useful, or one may be far more useful than the other.Don't get me wrong. I /do/ use both, and take care that the locate database is up-to-date. Tools, jobs and that :) Cheers -- t
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