How To Linux updatedb - Linux Command - Unix Command Share Pin Email Print vgajic / Getty Images Linux Commands Basics Guides & Tutorials Installing & Upgrading Tips & Tricks Key Concepts by Juergen Haas A software developer, data scientist, and a fan of the Linux operating system. Updated December 15, 2018 NAME updatedb - update the slocate database SYNOPSIS updatedb [-u] [-u path] [-e path1,path2,...] [-f fstype1,...] [-l [01] ] [-q] [-v,--verbose] [-V, --version] [-h, --help] pattern... DESCRIPTION This manual page documents slocate, a security-enhanced version of locate. updatedb is simply a link to slocate that implies the -u option. OPTIONS -u Create slocate database starting at the root directory. This is the default behavior when called as updatedb. -U path Create slocate database starting at path path. -e dirs Exclude directories in the comma-separated list dirs from the slocate database. -f fstypes Exclude file systems in the comma-separated list dirs from the slocate database. -l <num> Security level. -l 0 turns security checks off, which will make searches faster. -l 1 turns security checks on. This is the default. -q Quiet mode; error messages are suppressed. -v Verbose mode; display files indexed when creating database --help Print a summary of the options to slocate and exit. --version Print the version number of slocate and exit. Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer. Continue Reading