Bref

In general, Finding the file what you want to use is find. but there’re more.

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  1. locate

    this command, it will search its own db in sys where in /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db and it will update once aday in the morning automatically.

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    locate locate

    And more. To update the db file immediately use updatedb when you want to update the mlocate.db

  2. which

    To find the executable file in “${PATH,MANPATH}”

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    which cd ls
    #cd: shell built-in command
    #ls: aliased to ls -G

  3. whereis
    To check the standard binary directories for the specified programs, printing out the paths of any it finds

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    whereis ls
    #/bin/ls

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