finding things in unix

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I don't know why nobody's suggested installing slocate, having updatedb run
nightly, and using:  locate filename

Partial filenames work without wildcards.

And it's run periodically, search very quickly often.  Essentially, a
cached 'find' that doesn't give a fig about executable or not, and whose
syntax is perfect for those who are easily confused.

Combine with grep for even better results.  Example:

locate upload |grep .xls

The slocate package is one of those critical things I make sure is
installed on any system I admin.  Few things waste more time needlessly
than running 'find' against a few terabytes and failing after a huge delay,
and having to refine a search, with only meagre disk caching benefits
because there are so many files.  God forbid you're using networked
filesystems and need multiple finds as well.

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