locate(1)                           CLIX                           locate(1)



  NAME

    locate - Identifies a UNIX system command using keywords

  SYNOPSIS

    [help] locate [keyword ...

  DESCRIPTION

    The locate command is part of the UNIX system Help Facility, and provides
    online assistance in identifying UNIX system commands.

    Without arguments, the initial locate screen is displayed.  From this
    screen, users may enter keywords functionally related to the action of the
    UNIX system commands they wish to have identified.  A user may enter
    keywords and receive a list of UNIX system commands whose functional
    attributes match those in the keyword list, or may exit to the shell by
    typing q (for ``quit'').  Users who want to display the contents of a file
    might enter the keywords print and file.  The locate command would then
    display the names of all commands related to these keywords.

    Keywords may also be entered directly from the shell, as shown above.  In
    this case, the initial screen is not displayed, and the resulting command
    list is displayed.

    More detailed information on a command in the list produced by locate can
    be obtained by accessing the usage module of the UNIX system Help
    Facility.  Access is made by entering the appropriate menu choice after
    the command list is displayed.

    From any screen in the Help Facility, a user may execute a command with
    the shell (sh) by typing an ! and the command to be executed.  The screen
    will be redrawn if the command that was executed was entered at a first
    level prompt.  If entered at any other prompt level, only the prompt will
    be redrawn.

    By default, the Help Facility scrolls the data that is presented to the
    user.  If you prefer to have the screen clear before displaying the data
    (nonscrolling), the shell variable $SCROLL must be set to no and exported
    so it will become part of your environment.  This is done by adding the
    following line to your .profile file (see profile): ``export SCROLL ;
    SCROLL=no''.  If you later decide that scrolling is desired, $SCROLL must
    be set to yes.

    Information on each of the Help Facility commands (starter, locate, usage,
    glossary, and help) is located on their respective manual pages.

  EXAMPLES

    To find out the names of all commands related to the keywords display and



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  locate(1)                           CLIX                           locate(1)



    file, enter the following:

    locate file print


  CAUTIONS

    If the shell variable $TERM (see sh) is not set in the user's .profile
    file, then $TERM will default to the terminal value type 450 (a hard-copy
    terminal).  For a list of valid terminal types, refer to term.

  EXIT VALUES

    The locate command exits with a value of 0 if successful and 1 if an error
    occurs.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  glossary(1), help(1), sh(1), starter(1), usage(1)

    Miscellany:  term(4)

































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