From dc314c6ef2d14d188e53c102b5aa8c2d50c54990 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Suyash Bhawsar <suyashbhawsar@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2022 02:33:53 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] plocate: add page (#8541)

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 create mode 100644 pages/common/plocate.md

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+# plocate
+
+> Find filenames quickly.
+> Make sure to run `sudo updatedb` to include new files.
+> More information: <https://plocate.sesse.net>.
+
+- Look for patterns in the database (recomputed periodically):
+
+`plocate {{pattern}}`
+
+- Look for a file by its exact filename (a pattern containing no globbing characters is interpreted as `*pattern*`):
+
+`plocate */{{filename}}`