Workbook 5: The Linux Filesystem: Chapter Chapter 5: Locating Files with locate and find

Question 1

How do the locate and find commands operate differently?

Answer 1

The locate command uses a database to quickly locate files on the system by filename

The find command performs a real time, recursive search of the filesystem

Question 2

Using the locate command, give a command line that lists all .gif files on the system that have
fish in their name.

Answer 2

locate ls -l “*.gif