Locate

Basic Uses

 locate 'x'

where 'x' is any string in the filepath/filename of the file you wish to find on your harddisk.

Options

 * can be used for a variant

eg/ *.dat or english*.doc etc...

 -i will ignore the case of a search

Note: database must be up-to-date to locate any newly created files, this can be done with the updatedb command.