Difference between locate and find

camerja1 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-25-2002

I was wondering what the difference was between the two commands, I understand that locate won't search for files with certain permissions set. Are there any others?

Thanks

Kelam_Magnus · #2 (**permalink**) 06-25-2002

here is a link for OS X.

http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS...sc.html#locate

Scroll down a few inches.

BTW, www.google.com is very handy. I searched for "unix command locate" and this was the 4th response.

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