gocate - a cleverer (eventually) replacement for locate written in Golang
March 26, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
Features
- Stores hash of file contents for later comparing/printing of duplicate files
- Can update the database starting at a specific directory in the file tree
Usage
Update gocate database starting at /
gocate -updatedb -path /
Find files ending with certain characters
gocate .md$
Other
gocate -updatedb -path /media/movies
gocate -updatedb -path ~/Music