Local locate

3. 9. 2020

test ↓

Generate database

updatedb --require-visibility 0 -o ~/.mylocate.db -U ~/

Benchmark (it is fast)

time ( locate -d .mylocate.db .mp4 | wc -l ) 
1317
0.66s user 0.01s system 100% cpu 0.675 total

crontab -e

add

# test update db every hour
0 * * * * updatedb --require-visibility 0 -o ~/.mylocate.db -U ~/ 2>/tmp/locateErr.log

and to .bash_aliases

# my locate
alias mylocate="locate -d ~/.mylocate.db"

usage example

mylocate png | wc -l

with regex (anything that has ‘Trap’ anywhere and ends with mp3)

mylocate -ir ".*Trap.*mp3$"

‘singularity’ fodler like structure

mylocate -i 'singularity/' | head

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