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The Linux common command updatedb command is used to create or update database files necessary for the slocate command. The updatedb command takes a long time to execute because it traverses the directory tree of the entire system and writes all the file information to the slocate database file.

Updatedb creates or updates database files necessary for the slocate command

Supplementary Note: slocate itself has a database that stores information about files and directories in the system.

Syntax updatedb (option) option-o: ignore the default database file and use the specified slocate database file;-U: update the slocate database in the specified directory;-v: show the detailed process of execution. The-U option of the instance utility updatedb command specifies the directory to update the slocate database.

Updatedb-U / usr/local/ updates the slocate database of the specified command. Thank you for reading! This is the end of the article on "how to use updatedb commands in Linux". I hope the above content can be of some help to you, so that you can learn more knowledge. if you think the article is good, you can share it for more people to see!

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