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File Descriptors and Redirections

CyberWarrior21CyberWarrior21
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The first question in the File Descriptors and Redirections "How many files exsit on the system that have the .log file extension? I've tried locate /*.log |wc -l....the answer I get doesn't seem to work am I missing something?

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  • xtalxtal

    locate does not search on the file system. locate search in a database prepared by the tool updatedb.

    The tool find could be used to search for files in the file system.

    See the documentation displayed by man locate and man find.

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