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place it in the background by appending an ampersand (&), so you can immediately
continue working on the same command line (updatedb &). This command
usually runs as a daily cron job (see cron.daily).
find [options]
With find, search for a file in a given directory. The first argument specifies the
directory in which to start the search. The option -name must be followed by a
search string, which may also include wild cards. Unlike locate, which uses a
database, find scans the actual directory.
Commands to Access File Contents
file [options] [files]
With file, detect the contents of the specified files.
-z
cat [options] files
The cat command displays the contents of a file, printing the entire contents to
the screen without interruption.
-n
less [options] files
This command can be used to browse the contents of the specified file. Scroll half
a screen page up or down with PgUp and PgDn or a full screen page down with
Space . Jump to the beginning or end of a file using Home and End . Press Q to exit
the program.
grep [options] searchstring files
The grep command finds a specific search string in the specified files. If the search
string is found, the command displays the line in which searchstring was
found along with the filename.
-i
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Tries to look inside compressed files
Numbers the output on the left margin
Ignores case