Comments on: Enable and Use the ‘locate’ Command in the Mac OS X Terminal http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Sat, 25 May 2013 09:32:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: steve http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/#comment-514398 steve Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:03:06 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=23271#comment-514398 Did you know what's below from manual locate, isn't it?. ”The locate database is typically built by user «nobody» and the locate.updatedb(8) utility skips directories which are not readable for user «nobody», group «nobody», or world. For example, if your HOME directory is not world-readable, none of your files are in the database” I didn't know it... Did you know what’s below from manual locate, isn’t it?.

”The locate database is typically built by user «nobody» and the locate.updatedb(8) utility skips directories which are not readable for user «nobody», group «nobody», or world. For example, if your HOME directory is not world-readable, none of your files are in the database”

I didn’t know it…

]]> By: apanloco http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/#comment-488873 apanloco Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:37:26 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=23271#comment-488873 mdfind -- thank you so much!! I have never managed to get locate to work on my Mountain Lion installation. (It's enabled, but locate doesn't return files that I know are there) mdfind — thank you so much!! I have never managed to get locate to work on my Mountain Lion installation. (It’s enabled, but locate doesn’t return files that I know are there)

]]> By: Chejux http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/#comment-435907 Chejux Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:25:44 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=23271#comment-435907 I didn't know about mdfind - Thank you! I didn’t know about mdfind – Thank you!

]]> By: munjee http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/#comment-310561 munjee Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:43:31 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=23271#comment-310561 Is there really a point to bother with locate anymore since it's possible to use 'mdfind' (md=metadata) to search the Spotlight index? Mdfind also shows results from folders that the crippled piece of crap known as Spotlight (the GUI version that is) does not show. mdfind hosts Is there really a point to bother with locate anymore since it’s possible to use ‘mdfind’ (md=metadata) to search the Spotlight index? Mdfind also shows results from folders that the crippled piece of crap known as Spotlight (the GUI version that is) does not show.

mdfind hosts

]]> By: David Arnstein http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/#comment-268082 David Arnstein Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:01:22 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=23271#comment-268082 Yikes! I made a mistake. Let me try again. In your example, it is better to escape the asterisk. Your call to “locate” will fail if there exists a .jpg file in the current working directory. It is better to type locate -i '*.jpg' Yikes! I made a mistake. Let me try again.

In your example, it is better to escape the asterisk. Your call to “locate” will fail if there exists a .jpg file in the current working directory. It is better to type

locate -i ‘*.jpg’

]]> By: Patrick http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/#comment-268009 Patrick Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:59:27 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=23271#comment-268009 Locate really is a great tool, too bad Locator X 0.7.3 (UI on top of locate) isn't available anymore. I've been using "toucan search" (app store) and I've been very pleased with it. It is as fast as locate and it has a UI so it is more convenient to use (the only thing missing is the ability to search the content of files). Locate really is a great tool, too bad Locator X 0.7.3 (UI on top of locate) isn’t available anymore.

I’ve been using “toucan search” (app store) and I’ve been very pleased with it. It is as fast as locate and it has a UI so it is more convenient to use (the only thing missing is the ability to search the content of files).

]]> By: adam http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/#comment-267899 adam Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:11:33 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=23271#comment-267899 The Rosetta Miss, It's hard to buy every software at every new computer… But I use Lion, and yes is not the best OS X, but is not really bad too… The Rosetta Miss,
It’s hard to buy every software at every new computer…
But I use Lion, and yes is not the best OS X, but is not really bad too…

]]> By: Brandon http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/02/enable-and-use-the-locate-command-in-the-mac-os-x-terminal/#comment-267832 Brandon Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:16:23 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=23271#comment-267832 Still using Snow Leopard eh? Glad to see I'm not alone, Lion has so many quirks with the over simplification it's hard to use it in a production environment. Still using Snow Leopard eh? Glad to see I’m not alone, Lion has so many quirks with the over simplification it’s hard to use it in a production environment.

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