Last Updated on June 4, 2023
This article spotlights alternative tools to locate.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to locate | |
|---|---|
| plocate | locate based on posting lists, completely replacing mlocate |
| mlocate | locate/updatedb implementation. The 'm' stands for "merging" |
Have we missed any open source alternatives to locate? Please let us know!
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // fdisk // file // find // free // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // stow // strings // sudo // sysctl // tail // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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There aren’t any others I think
plocate is the best
I agree
Add tlocate
tlocate is unmaintained software with no update for 8 years. We’ve decided not to include it. But thanks for your suggestion John.
What about blocate and slocate?
We’re not minded to add these.