`updatedb` command is used to create an index database for quickly locating files in the file system. This command is usually used as the underlying implementation of the `locate` command, which is used to quickly search for files in the file system.
Example
- Update the database with default parameters:
updatedb
- Specify the directory path of the database to be updated:
updatedb -d /home/user
- Specify the file name of the database to be updated:
updatedb -f my_db.db
- Output the result to a specified file:
updatedb -o /home/user/my_db.txt
- Do not update the database:
updatedb -c
- Do not search any file system:
updatedb -e
- Do not search ignored directories:
updatedb -i
- Output the contents list of the database:
updatedb -l
- Do not follow symbolic links for searching:
updatedb -p
- Do not output error messages:
updatedb -s