Thanks, scott. I'll look into that.

On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM Scott L. via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I've also found that the "locate" package makes my life a lot easier. It
> periodically creates a database of your file structure–the frequency of
> which you define with a cron job–such that it is then able to quickly
> search the DB and return a result.
>
> On Ubuntu, there's a basic "locate" package, but it also appears there's
> "plocate" (Debian-based distros) and "mlocate" (RHEL-based distros)
> packages as well.
>
> The latter two (whichever is appropriate) claim significantly improved
> performance.
>
> Here's a decent guide on how to install and use it:
> https://phoenixnap.com/kb/locate-command-in-linux
>
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