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Fozail_183609
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Mar 22, 2017

Is there any command on F5 which is similar to Unix "locate" command?

Dear Expert,   I attempted to run the command "locate" to find out that a file resides in which directory. However I am getting the error message that "locate" command not found.   [*****:Acti...
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  • kunjan_118660's avatar
    kunjan_118660
    Mar 22, 2017

    find / -type f -name "*alert*"

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kunjan_118660
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Mar 22, 2017

find / -name alertd.conf

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    Fozail
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    Mar 22, 2017

    Hi Kunjan,

     

    Thank you for sharing the info.

     

    I tried it on my lab appliance, it does not tell the directory name of the file.

     

    [root@fozilab:Active:Standalone] config find / -name alertd.conf [root@fozilab:Active:Standalone] config find / -name "alertd.conf" [root@fozilab:Active:Standalone] config find / -name alertd.conf [root@fozilab:Active:Standalone] config