question about locate

[Matthew Flaschen]

Oscar Farfán wrote:
> Hello there
> 
> I'm triying to locate a document in my computer but I can't use locate....

A lot more detail would help.

What document is it?

What do you know about it?

Do you have /any/ idea where the file is?

Why can't you use locate?

Have you tried running:

sudo updatedb

> can anyone help me please

Try:

find / -name "myfile.ext"

myfile.ext is obviously your filename.  If you don't know the filename
exactly try:

find / -name "*search*"

where search is a search term.

It's take a while...

Matthew Flaschen