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billdozor [Other locations for documentation]
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   * Only if installed via a rpm package (either via rpm or yum)
+----
+===== Finding Files With Locate And Find =====
+==== Locate ====
+Search cache database for patterns, very fast, but simple pattern searching.
+Install package
+<code bash>
+yum install mlocate
+</code>
+\\
+Update cache database
+<code bash>
+updatedb
+</code>
+\\
+Find files/folders called "syslog"
+<code bash>
+locate syslog
+</code>
+----
+==== Find ====
+Real time searching. Slower, but more flexible.
+Find files/directories with motd in the name
+<code bash>
+find / -name motd
+</code>
+\\
+Find, starting in /, all files (type f) owned by rjones
+<code bash>
+find / -user rjones -type f
+</code>
+\\
+Remove all files owned by rjones
+<code bash>
+find / -user rjones -type f -exec rm '{}' \;
+</code>
+\\
+Find all files modified in the last 3 days
+<code bash>
+find / -mtime -3 -type f
+</code>
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